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hillsbororiver:

--- Quote from: bobbys43 ---Good mornin all!

 Joe and others,

 Today is starting out as one of those days!! I prayed on the way to work this morning(I do this every morning and it is my time with God and it is the only quiet place I have for my day sometimes) and many thoughts were going through my mind and I just feel numb. You may feel this too sometimes, but it is like I am here but I am not!!I prayed and it felt like it never really got off the ground.I have been going through a situation involving our wonderful federal government and it is really taking a tole on my mind! It feels like I have just gone through 10 rounds with Sugar Ray Leonard and got my butt kicked!
 There is another situation that is heavy on my mind and the flesh seems to be winning sometimes and to be honest with you I wish I could just go completely into amniesia and start all over again!Sounds crazy I know, but I am one of those type of people that can dwell on something for days and after it is all said and done,I will think to myself why do you do this to yourself?
 Well any way, I sure could use some of your prayers today!
Sorry for throwing this at you all, but I had to talk to someone and I always think that when I come here that I can be assured that you all will listen and I know I love listening to you!!

Love to you all,

bobby(bob)
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Hi Bobby, sorry to hear about the stress you are presently experiencing, dealing with the government (on any level) and it's bureaucracies can be very frustrating to say the least. In my profession we have the "pleasure" of dealing with Planning Commisions where their right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing, saying or demanding. Code enforcements that demand you build something the wrong way (I am not kidding) and a slow, arrogant Permit Board that will allow one thing for one house but deny the same thing for the house next door to it, even in the same subdivision! These things can tie one's stomach in knots if you allow it but after perserverance, eating healthy portions humble pie and patience these things tend to work themselves out.

It is easy to let circumstances drive you to the point of anxiety, often making us our own worse enemy, worrying or stressing over stuff never really solves the problem, it can make it worse though. You do the best you can do, hope and pray for a lesson learned, and leave it in His very capable hands.

I know of a guy who came home from work on a Friday after a pretty tough week at work, went to his mailbox and pulled out the dreaded letter from the IRS, within the letter was a demand for the immediate payment of $4000.00 in unpaid back taxes (close to double that in today's dollars), bummer to say the least.

The next day as he was taking a needed, quiet, Saturday afternoon nap he heard his dog (who was chained in the backyard) barking his "emergency yelp" he sprung up from his slumber to see a woman and a toddler within a couple feet of his dog, even as the dog was barking they were both moving toward him (the dog). He yelled for them to stop as the kid fell on the dog, the dog in a barking, defensive posture had his mouth open and as the kid fell his stomach was scratched by the dog's teeth, not a bite but the skin did sustain a puncture. Well, the mother went ballistic and was shouting threats and babbling incoherently as the befuddled guy was asking "what are you doing in my yard? What were thinking? Why are you approaching a barking dog? The woman indignantly replied "my son saw the dog and wanted to pet him!" She went on to say, "I am going to get that dog put to sleep, he is dangerous." Our poor hero could only shake his head and tell the lady "you need to have better control of your kid, would you let him run out in traffic if he wanted to?"

A few hours later he got a call from the hospital and some administrator called to say that his dog may have to be quarantined and someone from Animal Control would be in contact with him on Monday, "sorry nothing we can do, we must report all dog bites that come through here, have a nice day."

Sunday came and went with no more "surprises" but a ton of emotional baggage from the previous 2 days.

Monday morning as our friend pulled into his office he saw his boss's car in the lot, highly unusual since the boss usually strolled in at 8:30 or 9 and it was just 7AM. He saw his boss at his desk with a long face and an obviously heavy heart, "it's over man, we're probably going to lose our jobs" he said, "we lost the *** account, and as you know without it there is no need for the warehouse/distribution office or any of us Sales Management staff here, it will probably all flow from the home office (out of state) from here on out, I found out about it Friday night, but I did not want to tell you then and ruin your weekend."

Ruin his wonderful weekend...........the stuff won't stop. Anyway, the boss suggested they just muddle about and try to get another appointment with the client and see if just maybe there was some chance this could be salvaged, at least keep a portion of the account. After some begging and pleading they were able to secure an appointment the following Thursday, so the boss said let's get out of here today, meet at the Marina tomorrow play on my boat and kill more than a few beers. We can work on a new proposal Wednesday and be ready for the meeting on Thursday. It sounded like the perfect plan.

It wasn't.

They drowned their sorrows in beer after beer for the day and were in pretty bad shape by the time they returned, bad enough for our friend to get in a fender bender, get arrested for DUI and land in jail.

Fast forward 3 months, an accountant had reviewed the IRS claims, found them faulty and actually got the guy a REFUND! To the tune of $1800, the dog bite thing went to naught as the doctor's report had "superficial wound, no puncture, no infection." Animal control dropped it. The account was saved, restoring the dollar value after some price and product modifications.

Our friend ended up losing his license, got probation, lost his job because he could no longer drive.

Anxiety, stress, self pity and unbridled emotion can make some problems much worse than they really are, trust in Him and leave it up to Him to work out, He always does.

Joe

orion77:
Psalms 119 is great for this thread, here are a few verses:


Ps 119:2
Happy are those preserving His testimonies; With all their heart, they are seeking after Him.

Ps 119:7
I shall acclaim You in uprightness of heart, While I learn Your righteous ordinances.

Ps 119:11
In my heart have I stored up Your promise, That I may not sin against You.

Ps 119:15
I will meditate in Your precepts, And I will scrutinize Your paths.

Ps 119:19
I am a sojourner upon the earth; O do not conceal Your instructions from me.

Ps 119:27
Make me understand the way of Your precepts, And I will meditate on Your marvelous works.

Ps 119:31
I cling to Your testimonies; O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame.

Ps 119:36
Stretch out my heart to Your testimonies, And not at all to selfish gain.

Ps 119:39
Cause my reproach, from which I shrink, to pass away, For Your ordinances are good.

Ps 119:40
Behold, I ardently desire Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

Ps 119:53
A simoon storm has taken hold of me because of the wicked Who are forsaking Your law.

Ps 119:58
I have beseeched Your presence with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your promise.

Ps 119:63
I am a partner to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.

Ps 119:67
Before I was humbled, I was erring, But now I keep Your promise close.

Ps 119:71
It is good for me that I was humbled, That I may learn Your statutes.

Ps 119:78
May the arrogant be ashamed, for without cause have they distorted me; As for me, I shall meditate on Your precepts.

Ps 119:94
I am Yours; save me, For I have sought after Your precepts.

Ps 119:104
From Your precepts I gain understanding; Therefore I hate every false path.

Ps 119:116
Support me according to Your promise that I may live, And let me not be put to shame because of my hopefulness.

Ps 119:117
Brace me that I may be saved, And I will continually heed Your statutes.

Ps 119:130
The opening of Your words is enlightening, Making the simple proficient.

Ps 119:133
Establish my footsteps in Your promise, And let not any lawlessness have authority over me.

Ps 119:161
Chief men, they persecute me gratuitously, Yet my heart stands in awe before Your word.

Ps 119:176
I have strayed like a lost flockling; seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your instructions.



God bless,

Gary

hillsbororiver:
Gary, those scriptures are so very appropriate, isn't it amazing how much treasure is to be mined out of the OT? Way back in my journey I spent very little time studying the OT because I found it to be almost depressing. Now I see how the NT & OT underline and amplify each other to hope and life. The scales keep falling off of my eyes!

Psa 146:8  The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

 Isa 29:18  And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

Joh 9:32  Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

When you read this chapter of John the person who stated the above had no idea how profound his (Spirit inspired) statement really was.

I am "seeing" all of these verses so much clearer every day. Thank you Lord!

Joe

orion77:
I hear ya, Joe.

One of my brothers, my wife, stepson, brother-in-law, 3 sister-in laws and many friends are physically deaf, born that way.  Yet these people are not blinded by all the rhetoric and traditions that we hear daily.  This gives them a greater common sense and are much more in tune to the truths of God.  It's amazing how they can spiritually see and hear these things much easier than one who is indoctrinated with orthodox christianity.

They often make fun of us hearing people, not out of spite, but because we can actually hear, yet how deaf hearing people are!  We are deaf in spite of our hearing, so true.


Isa 42:1
Behold My Servant! I am upholding Him. My Chosen! Accepted by My soul! I bestow My spirit upon Him, and He shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

Isa 42:2
He shall not cry, nor make a tumult, nor cause His voice to be heard outside.

Isa 42:5
Thus says the El, Yahweh Elohim, Creator of the heavens, Who stretched them out, Who stamped the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those going in it:

Isa 42:6
 "I, Yahweh Elohim, call you in righteousness, and I will hold fast to your hand and preserve you, and I will give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Nations,

Isa 42:7
to unclose the eyes that are blind, to bring forth the prisoner from his enclosure, and those dwelling in darkness from the house of detention.

Isa 42:8
I am Yahweh, The Elohim! That is My name, and I will not give My glory to another, nor My praises to carvings.

Isa 42:12
They shall give glory to Yahweh, and His praise in the coastlands shall they tell.

Isa 42:13
Yahweh Elohim as a master shall fare forth, as a man of war shall He rouse jealousy. He shall shout. Indeed, He shall shriek. He has the mastery over His enemies.

Isa 42:16
And I will conduct the blind in a way they do not know, and in tracks they do not know will I cause them to tread. I will convert darkness before them into light, and the perverse into straightness. These things I do for them,

Isa 42:17
nor do I forsake them, when they are turned away back. Ashamed, yea ashamed shall be those trusting in a carving, who are saying to a molten image,  `You are our elohim!'

Isa 42:18
You deaf, hear! And you blind, look, to see!

Isa 42:19
And who is blind, save My servant? And deaf, as My messenger that I am sending? Who is blind as one repaid? And deaf as the servant of Yahweh?

Isa 42:20
You see much, yet you are not observing. Unclosed are your ears, yet you are not hearkening."



We are all in need of spiritual healing.  I thank God for opening these blind eyes and deaf ears.  

God bless,

Gary

hillsbororiver:
Mongoose's topic in Testimonies/Prayer Requests ("the jealous love of God") and some of the responses got me to thinking about this thread from a few months back. It is amazing how the Lord gets and keeps our attention, like the examples and admonishments of the OT we go through a journey, with Him as the Guide, Director and Administrator. Think about what is written, the highs, the lows that the "men of old" experienced, can we begin to relate to that?

I believe we can gain so much knowledge and empathy for these "old timers" as we look at their experiences through our own eyes.

His Peace and Wisdom to you,

Joe

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