CHRISTIAN PARENTS of ESTRANGED ADULT CHILDREN Community Group
Estrangement makes it difficult to talk about with family, friends, neighbors and church members. Christians are NOT immune to broken families. Talk about your experiences with those who know how you feel and get positive support through your Christian faith...."In these last days difficult times will come, for men will be lovers of self...disobedient to parents,...
These are not my words of wisdom but were sent to me and I thought I would share as it will be of help to us all...I am so praying for God to answer my prayers sooner rather than later and it is so hard waiting....
..HARD LESSONS...
SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE WAITING UPON OUR LORD FOR AN ANSWER IT SEEMS TO TAKE FOREVER. IT IS A LESSON IN LIFE WE ALL MUST LEARN INCLUDING MYSELF. IT ISNT EASY AS MANY TIMES WHEN WE ASK GOD A QUESTION LIKE LORD I NEED A JOB AND NO JOB COMES THAT WE KNOW GOD WANTS FOR US WE TAKE ANYTHING AND END UP EITHER UNHAPPY OR WE ARE FIRED OR WE QUIT. ITS ALMOST LIKE PLAYING WITH FIRE AND WE END UP BURNED. WE ASK OURSELVES HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR MY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BUT WE MUST ALL REMEMBER GODS ANSWERS COME IN HIS WAY AND IN HIS TIMING. TO HAVE SOMETHING TOTALLY RIGHT THE ANSWER MUST COME FROM OUR LORD. SO MANY TIMES WE DONT WAIT AND I AM GUILTY ALSO.
I CAN REMEMBER MOVING FROM VERMONT TO MASSACHUSETTS AND WONDERING IF I HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. I NEVER HAD TOTAL PEACE ABOUT IT BUT I MOVED ANYWAY AS THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED. DESTRUCTION FOR ME FOLLOWED THREE YEARS AFTER I MOVED. I DID NOT LISTEN TO GOD AND HIS WILL FOR ME.
SOMETIMES WE ARE JUST PLAIN STUBBORN IN MAKING A DECISION, WE DONT PRAY ABOUT IT, WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT WE WANT. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT WORK OUT BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT DOSENT AS WE NEVER ASKED GOD FIRST.
WHEN WE FEEL TOTAL PEACE ABOUT SOMETHING WE KNOW IT IS OF GOD. HE AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES WILL NEVER FORSAKE US. THIS GOES FOR ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES. MARRIAGE, MONEY, MOVING, FRIENDS AND SO MUCH MORE EVEN FAMILY. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTAINS TO BE A EXAMPLE TO OUR FAMILIES.
IF WE ARENT HOW CAN THEY RESPECT US, AND WANT TO BE PART OF OUR LIVES.?
IT IS SO VERY HARD FOR ALL OF US TO WAIT UPON GOD FOR A ANSWER BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY A HONEST ANSWER WILL BE ANSWERED AS WE MUST REMEMBER HE LOVES US SO MUCH HE WANTS THE BEST FOR US AND AGAIN I SAY HE WILL LET US KNOW THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTIONS IN HIS TIMING. GO TO HIM IN PRAYER EVERY DAY AND ASK HIM FOR THE ANSWERS AS HE LOVES US MORE THEN ANY PERSON POSSIBLY COULD. ANOTHER THING I DO IS SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS A GREAT DEAL AS IT IS THERE WE FIND MANY ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
LOVE SIS NANCY
..HARD LESSONS...
SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE WAITING UPON OUR LORD FOR AN ANSWER IT SEEMS TO TAKE FOREVER. IT IS A LESSON IN LIFE WE ALL MUST LEARN INCLUDING MYSELF. IT ISNT EASY AS MANY TIMES WHEN WE ASK GOD A QUESTION LIKE LORD I NEED A JOB AND NO JOB COMES THAT WE KNOW GOD WANTS FOR US WE TAKE ANYTHING AND END UP EITHER UNHAPPY OR WE ARE FIRED OR WE QUIT. ITS ALMOST LIKE PLAYING WITH FIRE AND WE END UP BURNED. WE ASK OURSELVES HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR MY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BUT WE MUST ALL REMEMBER GODS ANSWERS COME IN HIS WAY AND IN HIS TIMING. TO HAVE SOMETHING TOTALLY RIGHT THE ANSWER MUST COME FROM OUR LORD. SO MANY TIMES WE DONT WAIT AND I AM GUILTY ALSO.
I CAN REMEMBER MOVING FROM VERMONT TO MASSACHUSETTS AND WONDERING IF I HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. I NEVER HAD TOTAL PEACE ABOUT IT BUT I MOVED ANYWAY AS THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED. DESTRUCTION FOR ME FOLLOWED THREE YEARS AFTER I MOVED. I DID NOT LISTEN TO GOD AND HIS WILL FOR ME.
SOMETIMES WE ARE JUST PLAIN STUBBORN IN MAKING A DECISION, WE DONT PRAY ABOUT IT, WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT WE WANT. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT WORK OUT BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT DOSENT AS WE NEVER ASKED GOD FIRST.
WHEN WE FEEL TOTAL PEACE ABOUT SOMETHING WE KNOW IT IS OF GOD. HE AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES WILL NEVER FORSAKE US. THIS GOES FOR ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES. MARRIAGE, MONEY, MOVING, FRIENDS AND SO MUCH MORE EVEN FAMILY. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTAINS TO BE A EXAMPLE TO OUR FAMILIES.
IF WE ARENT HOW CAN THEY RESPECT US, AND WANT TO BE PART OF OUR LIVES.?
IT IS SO VERY HARD FOR ALL OF US TO WAIT UPON GOD FOR A ANSWER BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY A HONEST ANSWER WILL BE ANSWERED AS WE MUST REMEMBER HE LOVES US SO MUCH HE WANTS THE BEST FOR US AND AGAIN I SAY HE WILL LET US KNOW THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTIONS IN HIS TIMING. GO TO HIM IN PRAYER EVERY DAY AND ASK HIM FOR THE ANSWERS AS HE LOVES US MORE THEN ANY PERSON POSSIBLY COULD. ANOTHER THING I DO IS SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS A GREAT DEAL AS IT IS THERE WE FIND MANY ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
LOVE SIS NANCY
Just my thoughts -
Please Lord, give me patience for you to do Your work and keep us waiting on You, because You know what You are doing. Amen
Thanks for this Ishallwear
It isn't in trusting God to give me what I want or what I think I need to be happy, it is trusting in God that through trusting in God for all things big and small to strengthen my trust for the ultimate future event - and that is the He will return as He said He would, and that there will be a resurrection of the saved and the unsaved, that there will be a new heaven and a new earth and that the saved will dwell in the heavenly Jerusalem forever...TRUST fulfilled.