Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Today, I really felt my age. I woke up with all my ailments simultaneously acting up; feeling worse than when I went to bed. Now don’t you hate when that happens? You’re supposedly going to bed to rest and feel refreshed, but instead, you get up feeling lousier. Might as well not gone to bed at all. And the cold, brisk wind, that I could hear outside, did not help matters any. It just brought on a bit more of the winter blues, and there’s still 16 days to the official start of winter. Yes children, I’m definitely ready to be put out to pasture in sweet Tobago (smile). Anyway, I puttered around for a while, had brunch, somewhat reluctantly, took some medication, then went back to bed. Huh! I know I’m crazy, but that just seemed like the best plan. I was just going to moan and groan and complain and not get anything worthwhile accomplished anyway. An hour later I got up, feeling much better this time, had a hot shower and tried starting my day again, by going straight to the Word, immediately drawing strength and consolation from it. Even found the above Bit that spoke to my situation. Hn,hn! Do you think that was the Most High trying to tell me something in His usual unconventional manner? I wouldn’t put it past Him, because in Verse 10, just before the Bit, He has Jeremiah telling the Israelites that after seventy years of captivity in Babylon, He would visit them and perform His good word towards them, and return them to their native land. Then He reassures them by saying He knows the thoughts, the plans, He has for them; thoughts of peace and not evil, which means He intends to prosper and not harm, to give an expected end that provides hope with a bright future. Yes, my Friends, that is what the good Lord has in store for us; kind, loving thoughts with positive plans for a bright, prosperous future. So, although my ailments are still aching, possibly not as much, and I still want to be put out to pasture in sweet Tobago, my emotional being has been quietened, reassured, and I’ve found that inner strength, once again, to keep on keeping on, to keep on doing His will. Much LOVE!…always remember…when the blues strike…turn to Him…He’ll blow them away.
Today, I really felt my age. I woke up with all my ailments simultaneously acting up; feeling worse than when I went to bed. Now don’t you hate when that happens? You’re supposedly going to bed to rest and feel refreshed, but instead, you get up feeling lousier. Might as well not gone to bed at all. And the cold, brisk wind, that I could hear outside, did not help matters any. It just brought on a bit more of the winter blues, and there’s still 16 days to the official start of winter. Yes children, I’m definitely ready to be put out to pasture in sweet Tobago (smile). Anyway, I puttered around for a while, had brunch, somewhat reluctantly, took some medication, then went back to bed. Huh! I know I’m crazy, but that just seemed like the best plan. I was just going to moan and groan and complain and not get anything worthwhile accomplished anyway. An hour later I got up, feeling much better this time, had a hot shower and tried starting my day again, by going straight to the Word, immediately drawing strength and consolation from it. Even found the above Bit that spoke to my situation. Hn,hn! Do you think that was the Most High trying to tell me something in His usual unconventional manner? I wouldn’t put it past Him, because in Verse 10, just before the Bit, He has Jeremiah telling the Israelites that after seventy years of captivity in Babylon, He would visit them and perform His good word towards them, and return them to their native land. Then He reassures them by saying He knows the thoughts, the plans, He has for them; thoughts of peace and not evil, which means He intends to prosper and not harm, to give an expected end that provides hope with a bright future. Yes, my Friends, that is what the good Lord has in store for us; kind, loving thoughts with positive plans for a bright, prosperous future. So, although my ailments are still aching, possibly not as much, and I still want to be put out to pasture in sweet Tobago, my emotional being has been quietened, reassured, and I’ve found that inner strength, once again, to keep on keeping on, to keep on doing His will. Much LOVE!…always remember…when the blues strike…turn to Him…He’ll blow them away.
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