You don’t really know what will happen then."
Proverbs 27:1 International Children's Bible
This verse encourages me because
Jesus can always bust through all the parameters of what is possible
and do things I have no idea of
"Why am I so sad?
Why am I so upset?
I should put my hope in God.
I should keep praising him,
My Savior and 6 my God." Psalm 42:5 ICB
"Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance." Psalm 42:5 KJV.
Oh Lord, help me
It seems like the same things keep happening
over and over
the same disappointments
the same pains
the same frustrations
the same failings
I am stuck going around this circle
back to where I started again
over and over again
"you do not know what a day may bring forth"
With God there is hope
because HE IS GOD
He can change situations
He can change people
He can change relationships
He can change ME
Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
I am deeply depressed;therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Psalm 42:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
One powerful example:
16 When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already set in, but Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 Then a high wind arose, and the sea began to churn. 19 After they had rowed about three or four miles,[a] they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.
20 But He said to them, “It is I.[b] Don’t be afraid!” 21 Then they were willing to take Him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading. John 6:16-21 Holman Christian Standard Bible
Many of these disciples were fisherman.
They knew boats,
they knew all about the Sea of Galilee
they knew all abou tsailing in storms
and the parameters of what was possible
and what was not.
They knew boats,
they knew all about the Sea of Galilee
they knew all abou tsailing in storms
and the parameters of what was possible
and what was not.
Yet Jesus came to them completely outside of anything they knew to be reasonably possible.
In the midst of the darkness
in the midst of the storm
the wind
the churning
In the midst of their labor and toil
their struggling
Jesus came in the midst of all this
He came in a way they did not understand
He came in a way that was not possible
"And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them." Mark 6:48 KJV
They felt all alone, but He saw
He knew
And He came
47-49 Late at night, the boat was far out at sea; Jesus was still by himself on land. He could see his men struggling with the oars, the wind having come up against them. At about four o’clock in the morning, Jesus came toward them, walking on the sea. He intended to go right by them. But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and screamed, scared out of their wits.
50-52 Jesus was quick to comfort them: “Courage! It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” As soon as he climbed into the boat, the wind died down. They were stunned, shaking their heads, wondering what was going on. They didn’t understand what he had done at the supper. None of this had yet penetrated their hearts. Mark 6:47-52 The Message
In the midst of our turmoil
our struggles
our storms
He is coming
He is passing by
Cry Out to Him
He will be quick to Comfort
It is I
not necessarily that things will get better
or I will get what I want
or even that I will feel better necessarily
But that in the midst of what I am experiencing
"Don't be afraid. It is I."
That is what I need
I need you, LORD
Please open my heart
to receive you
into my bewilderment
into my little beleaguered boat
into the midst of all my distorted perspectives and thoughts
Only you can really calm the wind
cease the storm
bring peace within
Only you can give hope within
and transform me from within
Then I can be calm to hear from you
"Don’t brag about what will happen tomorrow.
You don’t really know what will happen then."
Proverbs 27:1 International Children's Bible
Yes, Lord, I really don't know what will be, because of who You are
18-20 “I will not leave you orphaned. I’m coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you’re going to see me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I’m in my Father, and you’re in me, and I’m in you.
21 “The person who knows my commandments and keeps them, that’s who loves me. And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and make myself plain to him.”
John 14:18-20 The Message
Other passages that really encourage me at what amazing transformations God can do in just one day:
Luke 24 at https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24&version=MSG
Other passages that really encourage me at what amazing transformations God can do in just one day:
Luke 24 at https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24&version=MSG
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