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Vanity Unfair
Express It and Confess It!
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Did you know you can’t surprise God? Yep, no surprise parties for Him.
Everything you do and don’t do,
Everything you feel and don’t feel,
Everything you think and don’t thing,
He knows it all and is NOT surprised by it.
I came to grips with this a few years back when I was angry at God. My husband came home, on my 10th wedding anniversary, to tell me he was in love with someone else and he wanted a divorce. Here I was all dressed up and ready to go out for a nice dinner. He was two hours late, with no phone call or text, and these were the first words out his mouth. I am pretty sure I had a right to be upset.
I was upset with him, of course, but truth was, I was also angry with God.
I had two choices. One, be the “good little Christian” I was taught to be in my Sunday School class as a child and keep it all boxed up. Put a bow on top and smile my way through it. Two, stomp off to my room give out a wail of an ugly cry and yell and scream at God. Throw the temper tantrums of all tantrums.
Want to guess what I did? If you guessed two, you would be correct!
It was all right there in my heart. God knew it already. I might as well express it! I gave Him both barrels. I may have even thrown in a cuss word here and there.
You know what I found out? God has big shoulders. Confessing to Him every little detail was healing. Hiding it and pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away. Your pain will find you!
God was not offended by my brutal honesty. As a matter of fact, I think He is more offended when we hide it. It is like we are out and out lying to His face! We are no better than Adam and Eve trying to hide in garden.
The next time you feel those emotions boiling inside, express them and confess them. Pour out your heart to God. He is our strong refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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Feeling Guilty for Doing Right
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
I had to drive an hour and a half this morning to a meeting. It was mostly interstate and the speed limit was 65. I was doing 65. I had my cruise control set. People started passing me and I mean flying by me. I felt bad.
Yes, you read that right. I. Felt. Bad! I mean I felt guilty. Like I was some how slowing them down or getting in their way.
I contemplated speeding up and being like everyone else. Being part of the crowd. Keeping up with everyone. Passing all the “slow” drivers like me. Making them get out of my way.
Then it hit me! I was feeling guilty for doing the right thing. I was feeling bad because I wasn’t part of the crowd, doing what everyone else was doing. Doing what was really against the law.
OK, anyone else going huh? Why should I feel guilty?
Don’t for one minute think I am a driving saint! I don’t always obey the speed limit. Today, however, I was and I couldn’t believe I felt guilty for doing the right thing.
Peer pressure is an awful thing and it doesn’t just happen to young people. It can happen to anyone at any age. What it really boils down to is a pack of lies from the father of lies. He is just trying to get into your head. That old, “Did he really say you would die if you ate from that tree?!”
LIES! LIES! LIES!
Keep steadfast! Don’t give in to the lies! You will find perfect peace when you hold on and trust the LORD!
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