The devotional for 2 Timothy in my Couples' Devotional Bible starts with this statement:
"God's truth - not our emotions - should be the ruling force in our lives."
What rules our lives?
What makes our unmakes our mood for the day?
Do we live our lives determined to get our way, happy only if things fall in place exactly as we intended?
Or do we leave room for God to move, to surprise us, to change us?
I am reminded of an analogy a friend shared many years ago.
She said that when we clench our fists tightly because we want to hold on to what we have, we are really preventing Him from pouring more wonderful gifts and treasures into our hands.
There just isn't enough room.
"Happiness... is usually rooted in circumstances that bring positive feelings. However, rejoicing is in the Lord, the One who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow...
Negative feelings will not be absent from our lives, but in spite of them, Christ will become the integrating force, enabling us to walk among negative feelings in a way that honors him."
May we be models of a deeper, stronger and higher truth even when life is against us.
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