Tag Archive: discouragement

Revival

From 7/18 – my computer kept crashing, so I gave up trying for the day.  :)  It was one of those days…. Psalm 119:25 My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word. Psalm 119:28 My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word. This is how I feel today. …

Discouraged

Psalm 42:11 Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again– my Savior and my God! It’s kind of strange how it’s so easy to get discouraged.  Maybe it’s the weather (it’s stormy this morning).  Maybe there are just so many people who feel the…

Impossibilities

Zechariah 8:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small and discouraged remnant of God’s people. But do you think this is impossible for me, the LORD Almighty? I feel a little bit like the remnant sometimes.  I feel small and discouraged by the circumstances of…

He Knows Before I Ask

I need to preface the verses today with a small comment:  I woke up this morning struggling not to worry about our finances this next school year.  I found out that we won’t be getting our annual cost-of-living raise (no surprise there), but they would be increasing our insurance rates, again.  As it is, we…

Food Poisoning and the Fear of the Lord

Jeremiah 10:23-24 I know, Lord, that a person’s life is not his own.  No one is able to plan his own course.  So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle.  Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Ok, I know you’re thinking, what does food poisoning have to do with anything?  Nothing,…

Hezekaiah, Assyria, Discouragement & Rescue

Isaiah 36-37In this piece of history, the king of Assyria is threatening Israel. He plans of laying siege to Jerusalem and ultimately destroying it, taking the people captive. He sends a message to the people (not really to the king) saying, “Don’t trust your king. He broke your God’s altars in the fields and makes…