Sweet Relief

Psalm 123

The world is full of pain and suffering, fear and doubt, fatigue and anguish, the goes on and on.  As citizens of this world, we take some pretty rough shots with all this bad stuff flying around.  God tells us that He wants our burdens, He asks us to give our worries and needs to Him.  We can find peace, comfort, and rest in the Lord.  All we have to do is lift our eyes to Him, and He will heal our sorrow.

Everyone has bad days.  Today was a bad day for me.  I woke up late for one class and had unfinished homework due in another.  I prayed about it before leaving my room for the first time toward my second class…and I had still missed a class and needed to do homework in another.  There was no flash of light and new set of wonderful circumstances involving straight A’s, perfect attendance, and chocolate.  But my day was better.  My second class went well, I had a good choir rehearsal, and my homework got pushed back a week.  Plus, my assignment in the night class was much easier than normal, allowing me to finish before class was over.  These are subtle changes, and stemming from changes in other people’s lives, but they made my day so much better.  And regardless of the events of the day, God has a way of warming the heart when the world has iced it over and His children cry out to Him for mercy.

The better you know God, the easier it is to find His help.  With one plea, He will turn whatever trouble you’re dealing with completely around.  Remember always to thank God for the good times because that’s His work in a sense of prevention, but any time you need Him, call and He will answer.  God asks for our company at any and all times, no matter the circumstance, so spend some time with Him.  You’ll find yourself a lot happier.