daily prayer

     Good morning! How are we faithing? Probably the saddest thing I know is when someone loses their faith. Whether it is due to a death, an accident, disease or a sickness or perhaps simply, things didn't turn out how they thought they ought. I understand despair. I understand grief. I understand disappointment and I understand the feeling of abandonment. Perhaps selfishness is the root of those feelings leading someone to doubt God to the point they turn their back on him. Perhaps sometimes in those conditions one can't climb out of the hole they're in or maybe simply anger clouds everything. Anger at self. Anger at God. Anger at circumstances. What ever the cause I want to encourage you if you are in one of them that God never leaves but we are the ones who leave. We look at the grief. We look at the sorrow and dwell on things to the point we can't even see truth anymore. We get so wrapped up in pain we forget the pain reliever is Jesus. Sometimes we simply forget how to come back home so lets talk a bit on this. How you or I perceive situations has direct bearing on how we deal with those situations. As most of you know my bride and I lost a son recently and let me tell you, this is hard. I know others who have lost spouses, children, their jobs, their homes, on and on and the ones who kept God right in front of them all the time are the ones who came out the other side less scarred. The ones who kept looking to God were are the ones who got on with it and became stronger because of it. Man, some days I don't feel any higher than an ants behind but I know my savior Jesus has all this. I a sinful world things will happen and I won't like them. In a sinful world I may even perish horribly but you know what? I refuse to live in fear. I refuse to let anguish crush me. I refuse to be bitter and waste away quivering like a salted slug on a sidewalk. Jesus is Lord and nothing...nothing is going to ever change that. We all live and die. We all experience joy and sorrow and we all one day will see God face to face and I want to be able to say, "yes Lord I know your son and thank you because without him, I would have perished".

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Psa 23
  A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy      rod   and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.