8-20-2019 – A Word to the Wise – A sense of gratitude is one trait that seems to be absent in our society. Yet it is a cure for a host of our diseases. But it was a plague in the days of our Lord as well. Time and again we see Jesus healing all manner of ills but rarely do we hear expresses of appreciation.
It is an oddity of scripture that there is not a biblical example where a woman fails to praise the Lord for her healing! Amazingly, lepers, demon possessed, withered hands, palsy, you name it, man is afflicted with it, but that affliction and healing so often did not merit a simple thank you. The chief illness is a lack of appreciation.
It is imperative that we list as many as we are able, that have contributed to our well-being from birth to the present. Yes and while you are working on the list do not forget all of those dirty, stinking diapers someone had to change.
8-19-2019 – A Word to the Wise
On prayer
We need to take care in what we pray for. We tend to ask the Lord to make bad people good, to ignore a person’s character and somehow reform them when they do not desire reformation. How often have you heard someone ask God to make an individual wise? When you ask God to give wisdom to an evil person you are asking for the Lord to make them craftier in their wickedness.
Often we hear one begging the Lord to heal a person yet never that the person grow in their adversity! Yes character building comes from adversity not from peace and contentment. When that process is complete then it is time to implore the Lord to heal. Not before. Before only condemns the person to further trials. Our prayer life needs to reflect godly wisdom, not human purpose, or desire. Lord, accompany us in our trials, and suffering cleansing your child from all forms of impurity.
Life is filled with sadness. One could make a victory of these experiences turning life into inner triumph or could ignore the challenge and simple vegetate. Any attempt to restore ones inner strength has to show some future goal.
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