Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood and the adventures they had together. When those kids got together they stirred each other up to do and say things they would never have said or done alone, often that was dangerous.
When my kids were little, I found when they got with certain others the same thing happened.
But that isn't just true of kids, often in times of difficulty and hard situations people gather and to relieve the stress and emotions they are feeling and they talk and talk and talk. They tell and retell the same things over and over and over, hoping for some small clue of an answer. But what often happens, that instead of gaining helpful insight they end up stirring up one another: inciting angry or fearful emotions that trouble them increasing their stress even more.
That I think is why GOD tells us to go to JESUS 1st with all our thoughts(1) to go 1st to HIM not other people for counsel (2) and to acknowledge HIM in everything (3) HE promises peace if we will do just that (4)
Jesus addressed this in John 14:1. "Don't let (allow) your heart to be troubled (stirred up by another), neither let it be afraid. You believe in GOD, trust also in ME. "
The words that follow are really a comfort right now since Pat has chosen to withdraw from medical help. John 14:2-6 "There are many mansions in MY FATHERS house.. and I am going there to prepare a place for you... when everything is ready I will come and get you so that you will always be with ME where I am. You know where I am going and how to get there... Jesus said, I am the way the truth and the life. No one can come to the FATHER except through ME."
This morning memories flooded in as I read those words. I can still picture Pat sitting in his and Janet's living room zestfully singing, " I've got a mansion right over the hilltop in that grand land where we never grow old... and someday yonder, I will never more wander but walk the streets of the purest gold. "
Right now Pat can't walk but:
Isaiah 26:19 "We have this confidence, those who belong to GOD will live and their bodies will raise again. Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and (dance and) sing for joy!"
When my kids were little, I found when they got with certain others the same thing happened.
But that isn't just true of kids, often in times of difficulty and hard situations people gather and to relieve the stress and emotions they are feeling and they talk and talk and talk. They tell and retell the same things over and over and over, hoping for some small clue of an answer. But what often happens, that instead of gaining helpful insight they end up stirring up one another: inciting angry or fearful emotions that trouble them increasing their stress even more.
That I think is why GOD tells us to go to JESUS 1st with all our thoughts(1) to go 1st to HIM not other people for counsel (2) and to acknowledge HIM in everything (3) HE promises peace if we will do just that (4)
Jesus addressed this in John 14:1. "Don't let (allow) your heart to be troubled (stirred up by another), neither let it be afraid. You believe in GOD, trust also in ME. "
The words that follow are really a comfort right now since Pat has chosen to withdraw from medical help. John 14:2-6 "There are many mansions in MY FATHERS house.. and I am going there to prepare a place for you... when everything is ready I will come and get you so that you will always be with ME where I am. You know where I am going and how to get there... Jesus said, I am the way the truth and the life. No one can come to the FATHER except through ME."
This morning memories flooded in as I read those words. I can still picture Pat sitting in his and Janet's living room zestfully singing, " I've got a mansion right over the hilltop in that grand land where we never grow old... and someday yonder, I will never more wander but walk the streets of the purest gold. "
Right now Pat can't walk but:
Isaiah 26:19 "We have this confidence, those who belong to GOD will live and their bodies will raise again. Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and (dance and) sing for joy!"
(1) 2 Corinthians 10:5 take all your thoughts to JESUS...
(2) Isaiah 30: Woe to the rebellious children who take counsel but not of ME and carry out a plan that is not MINE.
(3) Proverbs 3"5-7a Trust in the LORD with all your heart and don't lean on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your path. Be not wise in your own eyes...
(4) Philippians 4:6,7 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell GOD (how you feel &) what you need, and thank HIM for all HE has done. If you do this, you will experience GOD's peace, which will throw you beyond having to understand. HIS peace will guard your hearts and minds ...
(2) Isaiah 30: Woe to the rebellious children who take counsel but not of ME and carry out a plan that is not MINE.
(3) Proverbs 3"5-7a Trust in the LORD with all your heart and don't lean on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your path. Be not wise in your own eyes...
(4) Philippians 4:6,7 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell GOD (how you feel &) what you need, and thank HIM for all HE has done. If you do this, you will experience GOD's peace, which will throw you beyond having to understand. HIS peace will guard your hearts and minds ...
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