ONE OF THOSE DAYS!

Hebrews 13:6 AMPC So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?

I expect we all have ‘one of those days’ from time to time and I had one the other day when I broke a tooth! I was given an emergency appointment at the dentist for the next day, but the next morning I was told it had been cancelled and no new appointments till next year! The lady was most unhelpful and I was somewhat ruffled!

A few minutes later I was hanging the washing out on the clothes line, muttering under my breath, when the line collapsed on the wet grass! It was at that point I knew the enemy was having a go and everything in the garden was not rosey!

None of us likes those times and it’s when we need to call on the Holy Spirit to give us grace to handle what’s happening. I certainly needed it at that moment!😊

It’s a bit like when we need to press the F1 button on a computer when we need help. We have a heavenly F1 button and we can call on F for Father, 1 for first. Who do you go to first for help? The Holy Spirit is within us and He is our Helper no matter what is happening. So I asked Him for help.😊 

Amazingly the first dentist I rang was miraculously taking new NHS patients and could see me next day! What a turn around! I ended up with a much better dentist than I had before.

Life gets to us all sometimes and finds our weak spots, but God is so gracious and forgiving and He still loves us even when we get seriously wound up! We may learn some areas we need to let the Holy Spirit work on in our lives, as I know I did.

So as we go into our new week, if you find yourself having ‘one of those days’, take a deep breath, press your inner F1 button for help and allow the Holy Spirit to step in and bring back some calm and peace and wisdom! He’s more than able to turn things around for us if we ask. Amen.😊

WHATEVER HAPPENS

Philippians 3:1 NLT Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.

As I was reading about Paul rejoicing as he was writing to the Philippian church I asked myself what am I rejoicing in today because, I don’t know about you, but we can get so caught up in the nitty gritty of our day that we forget to rejoice. Maybe you don’t feel like rejoicing, and you may think there’s not much to rejoice about because of the state of the world, or because of health or family issues.

But God wants to bring us up higher today to remember all the things we can rejoice about no matter what happens around us.😊

We can rejoice because God has forgiven us, because He has accepted us and called us righteous in His sight. Those things, all on their own, are a cause for huge rejoicing! But what’s next? 

We can rejoice in God’s provision and His wonderful care of us; in God’s protection and how He watches over us, and most of all we can rejoice because in His presence is fullness of joy. We all know it’s much easier to enjoy the ones we love when we actually spend time with them and interact with them. It’s the same with God.😊

In 1 Thessalonians 5:23 NIV God reminds us we are spirit beings, who have a soul, and we happen to live in a body, but the spirit is where our real life is, it’s the real ‘us’, and God’s Holy Spirit is joined to our spirit. That is where and how Paul could rejoice in the midst of prison, in shipwrecks, in beatings. He just had such an awareness in his spirit of who he was in Christ and all that Christ had done for him he couldn’t seem to not rejoice.😊

We may not be at that point yet (I know I have a way to go) but as Paul says, we leave those things which are behind, we press forward and we rejoice in all Jesus has done for us as we go.

Psalm 33:1 NKJV Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

When things are tough in life, let’s remember we can still rejoice in God’s presence, in His provision, and in His protection and so much more! What a wonderful Saviour, and I hope it has helped you rejoice today.😊 Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x😊

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