Shelter from the storm

As you go through the storms of life, know that you have a rock solid shelter that will keep those falling bricks of accusations, those slicing knives of hate, those shredding blades of jealousy, those icy stares of contempt and those downright mean words from touching your soul.

You may feel some of the cold blast, maybe feel a bit of a pinprick here and there, and possibly a slight surface wound; but nothing that will scathe your soul or leave a deep scarring. God is your solid shelter from the elements of life that come at you!

He tells us to make sure we are geared up for the battles of life in Ephesians 6: 10-18, by putting on the FULL armor of God. God equips us with all we need to fight that old enemy, satan. When people abuse you, talk about you and hurt you, remember that satan is busy working to cause you pain and suffering.

We will go through this from time to time, but it will not define us nor have a lasting effect, as long as we remember WHOSE we are!

Positive through negative

There will always be those who will NEVER believe in you, support you, encourage you, nor have anything good to say about you. They find a way to make sure you hear about something they have said about you, or told someone else. In fact, they go out of their way to feed you with their negativity, in hopes that they can convert you to their way of discouraging thinking and actions. Do Not Fall for it!

Be sure of who you are and whose you are! There is nothing that the opposition can say to you that being a believer in Jesus Christ can't overcome! Nothing! In fact, He tells us, that it is Him who the world hates, and not you. As long as you are trying to do right, live right, and be about something, you can believe that there will be naysayers and haters! Your job is to make sure you don't fall into the trap. Stay strong in the Lord and you will project the good things that believing in Him manifests.

Matthew 5: 44-48; The golden rule of doing good unto others, even when they mistreat you.

No Greater Love

God says He will never leave us, nor forsake us. What does that mean? What does God's promise mean to us when we are in pain, when we are worrying, when we lose someone close, when we are homeless, when we are broke, unemployed and hurting? Has God left us at those times, or have we temporary left God to dwell in our own circumstances?

God doesn't leave us, but too often we leave Him. He has promised us that He doesn't change and will always be there to comfort, strengthen and love us; but too often, in our distress, in our difficult times, during disasters and in our lonely times, we feel He is nowhere to be found and doesn't care about us. When nothing could be further from the truth!

God's love for us is so all encompassing and everlasting that we can't comprehend it enough to understand it! There is no greater love that we can or will ever experience than the love of Christ! Nothing can keep us protected like God's love, and nothing can ever be as great as God's love! When He says, He so loved the world (his creation of mankind) so much that He GAVE His ONLY SON; there is nothing that we can try to do or compare to that will EVER repay such an awesome, selfless gift.