Get OFF the Internet!

I think the Internet can be a great thing but, it can also be a TERRIBLE thing.  In particular, the message boards.  I can remember after having several miscarriages going on message boards.  I did find some helpful information but, I also found discouraging information. 

I am the queen of the symptom checker on the Internet.  Of course, I find the one person who has my symptom with the worst result.  Why do I do that?  Is it a lack of faith in God?  Is it a control thing?  Why do I sometimes seem to assume the worst?  It's something I have always struggled with.  So - I am making the decision right now to not look to the Internet as a symptom checker.  It definitely does MORE harm than good for me.  God is in control and I am not - why can't I really practice this.  Praying and hoping I can change my ways!

"When you worry about the future, you heap day upon day of troubles onto your flimsy frame" - Jesus Calling

Answered Prayers

I know God answers prayers and I know he listens to every prayer we pray.  I am still amazed when I see it happen.  We've been praying for several weeks about something and God keeps amazing us.  There were a couple of small things though that I had been worried about - today both things were resolved.  Prayer is amazing!  Sometimes God says no, wait, not now, later, etc.  It's hard - I have been there.  It's really cool when the answer is YES right away and it's so easy to see.

God Speaking to Me

The last couple of days I have been anxious.  I woke up this morning especially worried.  Even though, over the last few weeks what I have been worried about has been fine it still sneaks up on me.  I read "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young as part of a daily devotional.  This morning it was like God was speaking to me - see below.


STOP WORRYING long enough to hear My voice.  I speak softly to you, in the depths of your being.  Your mind shuttles back and forth, hither and yon, weaving webs of anxious confusion.  As My thoughts rise up with you, they become entangled in those sticky webs of worry.  Thus, My voice is muffled, and you hear only "white noise."

Ask My Spirit to quiet your mind so that you can think My thoughts.  This ability is an awesome benefit of being My child, patterned after My own image.  Do not be deafened by the noise of the world or that of your own thinking.  Instead, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Sit quietly in My presence, letting My thoughts reprogram your thinking.

I feel as though I have definitely been on a faith walk with God lately.  I have truly been tested to have faith - blind faith.  It's hard - the unknown - but I know God is in control and has my best interest at heart.