Wednesday, July 10, 2013 -- Sharing Heart To Heart (3)
Wednesday July 10, 2013
When life is overwhelming, we often use addictive habits as a hiding place from overpowering emotions. We may not use street drugs and alcohol but we can hide in things like overeating, mindless television, electronic games, shopping or even work. When storms arise either within us or in our circumstances, like a ship at sea, we need a safe harbour where we can find protection. God is available to be that safe harbour. We can share the difficult and confusing things that are in our minds and on our hearts and God, in His infinite love, showers us with His love and wisdom
The experience of many friends of God is that when they were in distress, trapped in their own personal hell, they called out to God and He lovingly brought them through their trouble to where they are today. Whenever we call on His name, God is always ready to shield and protect us as we go through the storms of life. We need never doubt that the Lord hears us and is aware of our troubles. God is the friend who sticks closer than a brother. The question is not God’s commitment to active loving relationship with us; the real question is whether or not we are making space for God in our lives and listening attentively for His loving voice. 
Today, particularly if times are tough, let’s improve our heart-to-heart contact with God through prayer and meditation.
Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:28-31 NLT) ©2013 Partners in Hope
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