I always try to keep a positive attitude.
For the most part, I believe that I have a pretty good life and overall there really isn’t a lot for me to be in much of a bad mood about. However, like everyone else, from time to time it happens. The reason for my getting in a bad mood is generally due to life stresses that we all face on a daily basis.
As much as I might try to keep a fairly level head and calm attitude, there are times that it seems that certain things “catch up to me”. However, when they do, I always try to relax and return to the fact that I do have a pretty good life.
Sometimes, even though I have faith that my life is playing out the way that God wants it to, I need a little reassurance to let me know that all is still good. So when I do, I will ask God to give me some kind of sign that whatever I am troubled over is going to be alright.
I am always surprised with the answer that I get.
The other night, while at the end of a vacation, I was a little upset about what seemed to be a lot of little things. I was sitting at a restaurant on the water and had just watched a beautiful sunset. After the sun had set and the sky had darkened, I was thinking about why I was upset and, as I do sometimes, I asked God to give me a sign to let me know that everything was okay. As I asked that, simultaneously a star appeared in the sky and a light from a boat appeared on the horizon. I was wondering if this was supposed to mean something when a thought popped into my head: I am like a boat at sea navigating with a sextant and God is my guiding star.
I started wondering to myself if I was just making this all up in my mind; so, I asked if this was really the sign I was supposed to get. At that moment one of the biggest shooting stars that I have ever seen shot straight across the sky right towards the boat and the star. I knew that I was not alone – God was with me – and that all was going to be alright. So I gave my troubles up to God and enjoyed the rest of my evening.
God gives us signs all of the time. In case we don’t see the signs, we have been told by God that we should not fear anything because He is always with us.
If we look to the bible for how God’s love for us helps us through difficult to troubling times, we can find the following passages:
Psalm 94:18-19 says “When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
1 Peter 5:6-7 tells us “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
God does help us navigate through the daily stresses of life and He is always there with us. So next time you are feeling stressed, reflect on the two passages above and ask God for a sign that everything will be okay. Once you do, keep yourself open as you never know how His sign might come to you.
We have had what seems bad luck for a few years now, i pray all the time, i love God so much & have so much faith in him, i dont no why things go wrong, when you try to be a good person, i am so stressed out & suffer from depression, but when i read all the letters above i relize, their are so many people like me, i talk to God out loud when i am on my own, i also believe in the Angels & talk to them, i also ask for a sign, i hope i get one soon, i also love your page, its comforting thank you, & God Bless you all
I think you should believe in God and worship Him and stop thinking you are the only one with problems. Give your life to Him, seek His face, seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will come to you. Only God deserves our worship and praise. Give Him praise and worship Him, don’t ask angels for things, only God can supply all our needs according to His riches in glory. Angels are not who we should believe in. Believe in Jesus Christ, He is your Salvation. He alone died for your sins on a horrible bloody cross, He did it voluntarily. He could have come down from that cross, but He chose to stay there and be a sacrifice for you and me and all of us. Don’t try to be a “good person”, be as God wants you to be, be like Jesus, He is our example. We can’t “do” anything to earn our salvation, He did it all on the cross. He said, “it is finished”, that means there is nothing left to do. He rose again and lives in our hearts if we just believe.
Be kind when you are acting as a witness, Harsh Judgement on others is not GODS intention for any of us. Be kind when speaking on behalf of our LORD to witness.
When I go to a Book Store I rely on God to point me to what he wants me to learn. I went one day had been real down on myself. When I have sinned mostly the past “father of all lies”(satan) reminds me over and over again how could he love you? I had picked up about three books and was walking arould a table looking at some books. Suddenly in my head said this one not the ones you got————-The book was by Joyce Myers Battlefieds of the Mind. I couldn’t put the book down once I started reading. I’m grateful,and humbled that God knows what we need if we are searching to learn.I’m one that always lived the past and how bad and mean people can be. If anyone wants a book to open your heart and mind to God and how he wants us to be read it. God Bless You All
Being a ‘worrier” and a sometimes “too-too worrier’ as I refer to myself when worry consumes me, I am reminded by
Peter 5:6 -7 and Psalms 94: 18-19 that I can put my greatest concerns, fears and needs in the hands of God who
is in control.
My pastor’s wife told me caringly and kindly one day, when feeling anxious and worried to look around and begin
saying to the Lord, “Thank you for my home, I am healthy, I am warm, I have my family and friends…..etc., etc., etc.
I suddenly realized things weren’t so bad…..and was suddenly released of the hold of fear and worry that bound me.
When we allow thoughts of negativity, doom and gloom to be our focus we fall prey to its’ effects therefore making
matters much worse….so, I turn my eyes on God’s word, choosing not to fear, but to trust in Him.who truly loves me.
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