i see all kinds of reactions that people have in life. i see the reactions at funerals, the hospital stays, the crises that come that nobody can predict or plan.
i don't know how people make it without the LORD. they don't make it. they have scars and they don't get over things as quickly as people who depend on the presence of GOD do. they hurt much more deeply and much more severely than those who know that GOD's presence is there. HE's there to encourage them.
psalm 116.8-11 (tev), the LORD stopped my tears and kept me from defeat. so i walk in the presence of the LORD. i kept on believing, even when i said, “i'm completely crushed” and even when i was afraid and said, “no one can be trusted.”
that verse has only been applied in my life a couple hundred times. time after time when i have been discouraged and ready to quit, i thought i was in the wrong direction, without the presence of GOD's encouragement in my life i would not have made it. times when you think, “i'm defeated. i'm completely crushed. nothing can be relied on. everybody lets me down.” that's when you need to recognize the presence of GOD in your life.
the presence of GOD not only cheers me up when i'm lonely and calms me down when i'm worried and helps me out when i'm tempted but it sees me through when i'm discouraged. it gives you the motivation to keep on going, the power to keep on keeping on. it renews your strength. it lifts up your heavy heart. it gives you a new vision.
that's what GOD's presence can do to your life.
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I know for myself God is an ever present anchor in the time of trouble and He can give you a peace and comfort like no other.
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Thank you for the insight, cheers!
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