Aug 14 You May Not Understand

Affirmation: Asking for help is a gift to myself and others.

Seek and you will find, ask and it will be given, knock and the door will be opened. Matt 7:7

——-Ponder, Personalize, Practice: As you start your day, ponder the idea that God created us to be in community. That two are better than one and we are to help one another. Talk to God about anything that comes to mind.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. ECCLESIASTES 4:9-10 _______

Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown

Cultivate Resilience. Let go of Numbing and Powerlessness.

Resilience is your ability to overcome adversity and bounce back from losses, errors, and setbacks. (Your resilience is strengthened when you are not alone and have help. You have what it takes😊)

——-

Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews

The Persistent Decision 

7. I WILL PERSIST WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.

I acknowledge that most people quit when exhaustion sets in, but I am not “most people.”

I am stronger than most people. (This is especially true when you have a friend walking with you.)

——-

Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff

                               AUGUST 14 

WE SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED WHEN WE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT A GOD WHO SAYS HE SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING IS DOING. 

The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:7 

The traffic where I live in Southern California is world famous for being bad. You can sit on the highway for three hours and go twenty miles. I’m a pilot, so sometimes I’ll rent a little plane if I have an engagement farther up the coast. I skip the wait and the traffic, get a terrific view, and have some fun at the same time. Best of all, I skip the feeling of my blood pressure rising and my patience plummeting. 

Most of us react the same to gridlock traffic. We wonder, What’s the hold up? Why is everything moving so slowly? What happens when our life stalls or takes a hard-right turn we weren’t expecting? We finally settle down with someone who stole our hearts from the moment we met, then we get bad news from the doctor. Or we pour all our energy into a movement we believed in, only to have it fall apart. As annoying as it is to hit the detours, endure the disappointments, and wait in the stop-and-go traffic life sends our way, these things shape us. 

Sometimes the delays in our lives are merely annoying, and sometimes they’re devastating. They can even cause us to ask if God is there and if He’s good. Don’t be surprised when you don’t understand what a God who says He passes all understanding is doing. Those are the times when we have to remember He holds all things together, including us. Sometimes we don’t see how God was moving until years down the road. For God, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. Hang tight. This might take a minute to sort itself out. 

In what area of your life do you need more patience?