Post by jasperdale on Mar 11, 2014 10:32:36 GMT
oh what fellowship, oh what Joy divine! leaning on the everlasting arms!
last night was a whopper. i could not sleep, chronic pain. i found myself thinking about how i was just one of 7 billion people, on a tiny little planet, just a dot in the universe. when i am in a lot of pain, i have a hard time catching my breath, which can quickly lead to an anxiety attack. so, at 2 a.m., i'm laying in bed, trying to control my breathing......and then i start to think about......Him.
Jesus...God in the flesh.....Who was kind enough to lower Himself to that of one of us, to come down to earth and suffer right along with us. and, as if that were not enough, Jesus didn't "just" pay for our sins........He has left us the Comforter. Someone who is ALWAYS within us........Someone Who will never leave us.........we are sealed with this blessed Holy Spirit.
plus, God the Father has peppered the Scriptures with fulfilled prophecy. just so that we would know, in our moments of doubt, that God holds the future, it's all in His hands. my future is secure. it doesn't matter that i am but a dot in the universe. the GOD of that universe lives within my heart. and, as i thought about prophecy, about the Holy Spirit living inside me, and Jesus suffering and dying for me..........i got my breathing under control, i relaxed......and i think i actually slept for about 15 minutes last night.
Jesus is so good to us. just imagine if Jesus had waved goodbye and said "i'll be back one day" (kind of like frosty the snowman).......and then left us here on earth to defend ourselves until His return. i don't think i could make it through the middle of the night if He had done that. thank you Jesus for not failing me!
last night was a whopper. i could not sleep, chronic pain. i found myself thinking about how i was just one of 7 billion people, on a tiny little planet, just a dot in the universe. when i am in a lot of pain, i have a hard time catching my breath, which can quickly lead to an anxiety attack. so, at 2 a.m., i'm laying in bed, trying to control my breathing......and then i start to think about......Him.
Jesus...God in the flesh.....Who was kind enough to lower Himself to that of one of us, to come down to earth and suffer right along with us. and, as if that were not enough, Jesus didn't "just" pay for our sins........He has left us the Comforter. Someone who is ALWAYS within us........Someone Who will never leave us.........we are sealed with this blessed Holy Spirit.
plus, God the Father has peppered the Scriptures with fulfilled prophecy. just so that we would know, in our moments of doubt, that God holds the future, it's all in His hands. my future is secure. it doesn't matter that i am but a dot in the universe. the GOD of that universe lives within my heart. and, as i thought about prophecy, about the Holy Spirit living inside me, and Jesus suffering and dying for me..........i got my breathing under control, i relaxed......and i think i actually slept for about 15 minutes last night.
Jesus is so good to us. just imagine if Jesus had waved goodbye and said "i'll be back one day" (kind of like frosty the snowman).......and then left us here on earth to defend ourselves until His return. i don't think i could make it through the middle of the night if He had done that. thank you Jesus for not failing me!