Lovin and Living
This is a place for me to just be me… (All content Copyrighted Yeve Eeffoc 2008-2015)Archive for 1 Thessalonians
Day Twenty-Four
Today I am finding it really hard to be thankful.
The gastrointestinal flu has entered our home.
So plain and simply I am thankful we have one working toilet and some pots and pans.
Now to pray that only one person at a time gets sick.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks no matter what happens. God wants you to thank
him because you believe in Christ Jesus.
Day Seventeen
Today I am thankful for understanding.
When I was with my Ex I got to the point that I truly felt like I would never be understood and that I was in the wrong no matter what I did or said.
Well since meeting Jack in the Box things are different. He may not understand me all the time but he does not make me feel as if I am wrong.
It still hasn’t fully changed the thoughts and voices in my head but I am working on that! If you didn’t know verbal and emotional abuse is much harder to get over than physical. None of it is good but those words take a really long time to go away! (If you are in an abusive relationship, I urge you to seek out resources, make a plan and leave; call 1-800-799-SAFE [7233])
Today I am very thankful that Jack in the Box is very understanding and loving and caring!
1 Thessalonians 2:7 But we were gentle among you. We were like a mother caring for her little children.
Day Ten
Today I am thankful for peace.
Things are not always clear-cut in our day and life. There are times when you have to guess if what you are doing is right or wrong. Everything isn’t always clear-cut if you are following God or not.
One thing I do know though is that you are to always give thanks, no matter what is going on, you are to give thanks to the Lord for what is going on.
So when things are not going very well that is really hard to do. Things like dropping and breaking a brand new cell phone and not having insurance on it because you have never had to use it in the past 8 years. Yup we decided what was the point of paying the $33 a month when we never use it and if we do then we need to pay an additional $50 to $250 for the fix. So the plan was to take that $33 a month and put it aside for when we really need it, if we need it.
So since we just started this we have a total of $33 set aside and it is really hard to find peace and give thanks during a moment like that and yet we are told we need to.
That phone isn’t ours, we were given it on loan from God. How long we get to keep it really depends upon a couple of things, how well do we care for our object and how long does He want us to have it.
So today I am truly, truly, truly thankful for God giving me peace over the fact that this is now a broken new phone. I am giving thanks even though things are not perfect because that is what He asks me to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 18 Give thanks no matter what happens. God wants you to thank him because you believe in Christ Jesus
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