Life!

Sometimes life is frustrating and confusing. It is at times like this that I have to work really hard to refocus my energies away from dwelling on the things - mostly external - that are causing me grief, and onto the things of the Lord. I wish I could say that is an easy task for me, but it isn't. When my feelings are hurt, or I don't like the way things are going, or I feel left out or misunderstood, it is easy for me to stay in that place of feeling sorry for myself.
This morning was one of those times. The past month has not been an easy one for me, for many reasons, some my own doing, others completely out of my hands. But this morning, I hit a wall and began to feel sorry for myself. I opened up my internet browser (what did we do before the internet?) and found an online concordence. I typed in "frustration" and it popped up Romans 8. God is so good! When I know I don't know - that is a great place to be! - the Lord steps in and provides the words of wisdom I need to hear.
It isn't that He is going to change my circumstances, but my attitude changes and that makes all the difference in the world. I have typed below the section of Romans 8 that I read this morning and pray that it will provide you some encouragement, regardless of what you are feeling or experiencing in your life today. The Lord knows and He is there to comfort you and help to redirect your thinking.

More than conquerors...And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined ... And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ...Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, netiher the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This morning, for me, this passage kind of put things back into their proper perspective. Thank you Lord. I know I need an attitude adjustment from time to time, and perhaps when you read this, the Holy Spirit will use these words to realign your thinking as well.
Huge blessings,
Karren