I'm Back!
Sorry to all my loyal blogger fans. The three of you have been very patient. I have not been very diligent in my blogging effots over the past couple of weeks. I promise to try and do much better in the coming days, God willing.
I have been sidetracked with my efforts to complete my final clinical rotation (done!), find a job (still not done, but working on it) and prepare for my boards (doing, but will never be done-until the boards come May 14th). It seems God has allowed me to be under a great deal of stress during this time. More than I can remember being under in a long, long time. And the fun isn't over yet.
I have been challenged to trust God more over these weeks than I have in quite a while. To be honest, I have been failing miserably. There have been times that I have made myself sick with worry, nearly to the point of throwing up. So you may be wondering, "Dave, what is going on that has got you so upset." Well, I will sum it up in this-a lack of trust in God to provide for my family. I have allowed my circumstances beyond my control to master my emotions. Unlike Paul, I have not learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am (or fear I may be).
I came across Philippians 4:4-20. It has been an encouragement today to trust in God who will supply my peace. I have even been challenged to thank God for these trials (still working on that, but getting there). I have also realized that it is not me who supplies the faith to trust God, but God Himself. All I need to do is ask.
Pray that I will trust God to meet our needs. Pray that He will indeed supply all our needs just as He promises. And pray that God will be glorified by these trials and produce in me the result He desires.
Dave
2 comments:
Oh, let me say that I echo your thoughts exactly. I think unemployment (in my case) makes it all the more pronounced.
We will be praying together!
Hey Dave. I've struggled with these same things A LOT lately. Something that I happened upon that has been transformational to me in the last two weeks is that God calls us to lay our needs at his feet DAILY. "Give us this day, our DAILY bread."
I've always viewed all the verses in the bible that talked about "submitting our thoughts to Christ" as not thinking "bad" thoughts or judgmental thoughts. Which is true. BUT, what I realized is that when I am worrying about things I can not control (or even things I can) I am not submitting my thoughts to Christ.
Here is what I have started praying recently. "Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what needs to be done today. Please do not allow my thoughts to go to what needs to be done tomorrow or the next day or next month. When these things start to creep into my mind, please remind me that you are in control. Help me to stay on task today and to not waste my time. Provide for me TODAY all it is that I need."
I know that is a simple prayer, but I will tell you IT IS MAKING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. You can tell how excited I am about it from all the capital letters.
Sorry this is a long comment :)
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