Typically if we get caught in a bad storm, our instinct is to run for shelter. If we touch a hot pan, without even thinking our hand pulls back immediately. For most people, if you see a snake or dangerous animal, no one has to tell us to get outta dodge do they?
It is human nature, when faced with a physical danger to remove our self from it as quickly as possible. The other day I was thinking about how when we are faced with a spiritual or internal storm why we do not react the same way.
I know several people at this moment who are standing in the middle of a storm and I am just watching them get soaked and they refuse to do anything to get out of it. Our storms could be a unhealthy relationship, a dead end job, or feeling sorry for ourselves and not living anymore. Every ones is different. I recently faced a dark cloud that has followed me for many years and am working on making my storm disappear.
Psalm 40:2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
I believe that God does strengthen us through trials, storms and fires. We always come out stronger even if it takes a long time to understand his plan.
1 Peter 1:6-7
New International Version (NIV)
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
But I also believe that he gives us the strength to help ourselves. Just as a parent wants to teach their children to do for themselves, our Father wants the same. This is the point of learning to pull yourself up and praying for what you need to remove yourself from bad situations just as quickly as burning your arm on the oven.
But I also believe that he gives us the strength to help ourselves. Just as a parent wants to teach their children to do for themselves, our Father wants the same. This is the point of learning to pull yourself up and praying for what you need to remove yourself from bad situations just as quickly as burning your arm on the oven.
Just like the pain of going to the gym and ripping your muscles so they heal back bigger and stronger (which is how weightlifting works if you were wondering), these storms of life water our souls to grow into better people. But even most plants that sit in water day after day will eventually began to rot or mold.
Sorry the quality of this video is not great
Until next time- take that first step outside your storm and safe picking!!
Tammy.
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