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How is it so easy to tell others about God being our peace in the midst of a storm, yet
we have such a hard time putting that into practice in our own lives. I feel as if I am
on the sea without any oars in my boat and I don't know what to do or where to go.
If I try to make the boat go right will I end up sinking the boat and drown?
If I go left, will I get lost and completely lose my way? Why can't I just give up
completely and lay in the boat and let it go where it may? Maybe it is time to
hide myself from the world. Then I won't have to be scared anymore.
When and how did I lost that peace that passes understanding?
we have such a hard time putting that into practice in our own lives. I feel as if I am
on the sea without any oars in my boat and I don't know what to do or where to go.
If I try to make the boat go right will I end up sinking the boat and drown?
If I go left, will I get lost and completely lose my way? Why can't I just give up
completely and lay in the boat and let it go where it may? Maybe it is time to
hide myself from the world. Then I won't have to be scared anymore.
When and how did I lost that peace that passes understanding?
If I talked to other people the way I talk to myself, I don't think I'd have very many friends. Why can't I be nicer to myself?
For example, there's a guy I like in my Bible study group. Part of me holds back out of fear, another part is confident in myself, and yet, also, a little voice says in my head "Rachel, don't get your hopes up. Look how many other thinner, prettier, more outgoing girls are here." What if I said that to my friend who was crushing on a guy? She would never want to talk to me again. She'd be hurt. So why do I insist on doing that to myself?
Maybe I should start talking to myself the way I'd talk to one of my dear friends. Or, even better...the way God sees me. Or not even talk to myself at all, and just talk to Him instead.
For example, there's a guy I like in my Bible study group. Part of me holds back out of fear, another part is confident in myself, and yet, also, a little voice says in my head "Rachel, don't get your hopes up. Look how many other thinner, prettier, more outgoing girls are here." What if I said that to my friend who was crushing on a guy? She would never want to talk to me again. She'd be hurt. So why do I insist on doing that to myself?
Maybe I should start talking to myself the way I'd talk to one of my dear friends. Or, even better...the way God sees me. Or not even talk to myself at all, and just talk to Him instead.
Glad you are ok, Michelle. 
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. [SUP]25 [/SUP]The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
[SUP]26 [/SUP]He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
(Matthew 8:24-27 NIV)
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. [SUP]25 [/SUP]The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
[SUP]26 [/SUP]He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
(Matthew 8:24-27 NIV)
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The wind is incredible here .. I'm so sorry to be so ..... I dont even have words for it right now .. Lights are still
Out .. The flashes of lightning are back to back and all
I can see is debri "tree limbs on the pond " mom and dad are okay .. Unable to assess anything right now
...
There is something about feeling confident in the lord then being stripped naked again right before Him..
I'm sweating lol ... I'm sorry to
Post all this here .. .. brings comfort I guess knowing others are around ... in my humility, thank you for the comfort .. Injabe no tv to know what's going on .. I pray those in surrounding towns are all
Okay... Last year such storms wiped out a town just west of me.. So I know how powerful these
Things can be .... God is definitely present in them .. tapping us on the shoulder to wake up .. I wonder if it worked tonight ..
I can only pray that it does ..,I wonder what is to come of the morning.. Who will need a hand or comfort .. Or a word ... Hug your families guys .. they are precious .. There was a woman last year who's baby wad ripped from
Her arms by a tornado .. Things can change in an instant ..
Out .. The flashes of lightning are back to back and all
I can see is debri "tree limbs on the pond " mom and dad are okay .. Unable to assess anything right now
...
There is something about feeling confident in the lord then being stripped naked again right before Him..
I'm sweating lol ... I'm sorry to
Post all this here .. .. brings comfort I guess knowing others are around ... in my humility, thank you for the comfort .. Injabe no tv to know what's going on .. I pray those in surrounding towns are all
Okay... Last year such storms wiped out a town just west of me.. So I know how powerful these
Things can be .... God is definitely present in them .. tapping us on the shoulder to wake up .. I wonder if it worked tonight ..
I can only pray that it does ..,I wonder what is to come of the morning.. Who will need a hand or comfort .. Or a word ... Hug your families guys .. they are precious .. There was a woman last year who's baby wad ripped from
Her arms by a tornado .. Things can change in an instant ..
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I want to move. The memories of him as I drive around the neighborhoods we traveled together
pull me underwater and I'm drowning from the waves of the past knocking me down. I choke on the bitterness of the salty brine of my tears as I push past the pain and drive away. When will I not feel this way anymore Lord? I feel like my heart is so mangled at it will dare not love again. I am a rock... I am an island.....sitting alone in a sea of regret. Thank you Lord for sitting in the boat with me...loving me through my pain. I cling to your promises as my life raft floats along. I lay my head on your shoulder when the waves crash, knowing that you can calm the stormy waters. Don't let me drown here Lord.
pull me underwater and I'm drowning from the waves of the past knocking me down. I choke on the bitterness of the salty brine of my tears as I push past the pain and drive away. When will I not feel this way anymore Lord? I feel like my heart is so mangled at it will dare not love again. I am a rock... I am an island.....sitting alone in a sea of regret. Thank you Lord for sitting in the boat with me...loving me through my pain. I cling to your promises as my life raft floats along. I lay my head on your shoulder when the waves crash, knowing that you can calm the stormy waters. Don't let me drown here Lord.
I just had to answer to this.
Rachel, I don't know you that well, but I can tell (from your posts) that you are-> wonderful ->young-> woman. And I have seen your profile pics-you are beautiful. For example-I really like your new profile pic. It shows your real beauty so well-it shows that you are kind and you like kids. It shows that you are beautiful in your own unique way.
And here is something to think about. You are more beautiful than you think.
[video=youtube;XpaOjMXyJGk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk[/video]
Rachel, I don't know you that well, but I can tell (from your posts) that you are-> wonderful ->young-> woman. And I have seen your profile pics-you are beautiful. For example-I really like your new profile pic. It shows your real beauty so well-it shows that you are kind and you like kids. It shows that you are beautiful in your own unique way.
And here is something to think about. You are more beautiful than you think.
[video=youtube;XpaOjMXyJGk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk[/video]
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Rache you are a piece of Gods sunshine waiting to be delivered to someone very special.. Your going to light up someone's world .. God is simply preparing one to be the same for you... your a diamond deserving of a diamond .. Precious stones together are so very rare.. Great things are heading your way ..
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Wow, I reeeeally don't understand what's actually going on sometimes. Not til I've accidentally jumped in the middle and participated in something that I would normally not touch with a 10 foot pole. And then I'm left wondering, did I just choose sides with what I said, not even knowing something more was going on with this?! It feels like manipulation from both sides.
It feels bad.
It feels bad.