Thursday, April 3, 2008

Be content in all things....

I'm still struggling to completely get over my cold. My ears are terribly plugged, and that's making me nervous about Saturday. Anyway, yesterday I was pretty down (as seems to happen more often than it should with me). Sorta drowning in the muck of despair. And as I was going to bed, I thought about Pilgrim's Progress. How Pilgrim was stuck in the dungeon of despair. The Giant even gave him everything necessary to kill himself. Yet...SOMETHING kept him from doing that. It wasn't until he and Faithful (name correction...?) were very near death that Pilgrim dug around his clothes and found a magic key. Okay, it wasn't really MAGIC, but somehow, that key fit into all of the locks. And after using that key, they were able to get free. And it occured to me for the first time ever that perhaps that key is God's Word. The Bible is the key to getting out of any mucky or despairing situation. So I thought of the verse in Philippians (4:11) where Paul says that he speaks not in concern of need, but that he has learned to be content in all things. So Paul was locked up in jail, arms in cold stocks, utter darkness, dampness, coldness, no friends except through letters, whipped, beaten, deprived of MANY necessities, yet he learned to be content. In ALL of those things. And my mom talked to me and told me that my external circumstances will NEVER make me happy. And I know she's right. If I had a bajillion friends, if I could drive, if I had a job, if I got every little thing I asked for, I would ALWAYS want something more. She told me that life will only get MUCH much harder and that if I don't learn to daily apply myself to deeply studying Scripture now, I never will. And I will always make some excuse. And she's totally right. This is my down season. A lil over a year from now (and this summer if I go to a camp I'm looking at going to) I will be combatting the world from every single angle. And "cram prep" doesn't work when it comes to spiritual battle. Anyway, wow...another long post. Sorry! Later,
sweetggirl

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So very encouraging Rach. Stay focused on Christ and He will give you all that you need. Have a good night! In Christ, Josh

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