Praying is talking to God with your heart

Praying is talking to God with your heart
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Showing posts with label Heart Peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heart Peace. Show all posts

Monday, March 27, 2017

I'm Really Getting To Know You

This post is an extension of the last post because I wrote it and then I lived it...with You, Lord. 

Thank You for being with me today, You showed me in the most amazing way just how true every single thing I wrote about in my last post is.

 I had to have an interview over the phone and it was a very long and frankly boring interview- it was an hour and a half just holding to speak to someone! Once I was actually connected to speak with someone the young man interviewing me kept putting me on hold and it was several long periods of being put on hold. I would start to get frustrated and irritable to the point I was even jotting down notes about getting the representative's name so I could report him if we got disconnected while he was putting me on hold. But, I kept just feeling Your peace -- there were brief moments of frustration over the wait, but I just kept finding myself in peace. In Your peace...the peace that the world doesn't know. The peace that kept me calm. The peace that said, I never leave you, but if I am with you while you wait, and by the way, I am-- then let's enjoy the wait together. I want you to see every opportunity to engage with Me. I want to get acquainted with you in, just as you said yourself (Sarah), "the seemingly insignificant areas in life". 


Your peace not only calms me, but it stirs me at the same time. Only You can draw my heart toward You while in the middle of the most ordinary and uninteresting of daily duties. As I felt You tugging on my heart strings, it felt like You were saying, These idle moments don't have to be so, they can be a chance to get to know Me and our relationship with each other can grow and you can learn more about just how very close to you I actually am. We can interact with each other and we can fill our moments with powerful thoughts and prophetic visions of your amazing destiny in Me. 




Tuesday, May 17, 2016

WHAT? Christians Don't Get Depressed! Uh Oh...Then I'm In Big Trouble!

Lord, I haven't posted in so long and I'm sorry.

My struggle today, as I turn 57 years old is that I'm a Christian woman who suffers from depression.
WHAT? Christians don't get depressed!
Uh oh... then I'm in big trouble!
I have one or two good days, maybe even weeks and I think things are finally getting better, but this dreaded thing is relentless and it just keeps coming back. I need help Jesus.

I feel like a strong woman of God sometimes, able to withstand the demon of depression, but other days I find myself in isolation asking my heart how I got here...again?!

I will pursue Your answers, Lord. I know that You desire peace for me. I know that You desire rest and peace for my heart.

Some hard issues for me are that the depression stems from my chronic health problems which is another "iffy" topic for Christians, sickness and especially chronic illness are taboo in the Christian Community, almost a sign of spiritual weakness and if you are depressed you may have gotten to the point of no return. And yet, Your Word Lord has examples of others who were great men and women of God who suffered from depression and sadness that does not seem to go away.
My hope is in You, Lord.