Thursday, April 12, 2007
Baruch Adonai
I would sit by the silent lakes
Down under shade of trees
Have the wind fill my lungs
My hair rustling in the breeze
I wish to ponder and sift my thoughts
To discern the good and the wicked
To know the perfect and acceptable way of God
In a place without storm and tribulation
What is peace without the storm?
Would a man be proud of his accomplishment if he paid no price to attain it? Surely it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth...oh but Lord, why something so heavy? The fire that You willed we pass through, it is more intense than the literal flame of the Earth. It consumes to the very bone, in a swift matter of seconds and crushes the heart that men may wish for death.
I know my enemy and how great is his might - it is nothing!
I declare that too quickly...for I know not what he can do. How often are we left without knowledge of the enemy's attacks, not even knowing when we have been tricked, continuing down the path of doom?
I may only plead that the Lord guide us back to His way and His light. The lies of the enemy are many and he ensnares with power as great as the One Ring. I have no idea where this entry is going...I'm lost and confused about why I feel this way sometimes and why I feel this way at other times.
I feel weak...fully incapable of managing my emotions and my thoughts and my fears. I can only trust that God will come through for me.
In the area concerning relationships, with a girl I profess to love, there I seem always to find my greatest trials and my greatest burdens. There are those who say that a relationship is not worth the pain. But I believe that the fruit of relationships come by endurance, patience and through endurance, that trust, faith, peace and love is developed and allowed to grow.
I would have lost heart, unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, says David in the book of Psalms.
The only comfort of burden is the Lord.
The only motivational force is the glory that comes after the pain.
Take courage...for the Lord restores the lost at heart. For even now I am grieved without understanding, struck and depressed without knowledge. We always wish that life can go as we want it to. But it doesn't.
Baruch Adonai! Blessed is the Lord God Almighty!
He will remeber the fruit of our sacrifices and how we bore the cross for His name's sake and will heap great rewards for us, not just in heaven, but also in the land of the living. =) Amen.
Posted by The Inflamed at 10:42 PM
