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Need Encouragement?
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Feeling empty and struggling, please pray.
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I just wanted to post this as I would like to request your prayers for strength. I believe that God is causing me to grow at the moment, but this involves confronting some very hard truths about where my heart is and what is in it. I believe that I had the beginning of a breakthrough earlier this evening. After deciding to walk more closely with Christ again following years in the wilderness, I was raised up straight to the mountaintop. Then all of a sudden I felt empty and alone and scared. I believe God showed me that I was still carrying a lot of resentment and bitterness around in my heart, some of which I thought was dealt with but obviously wasn't and some which I had buried so deeply that I had all but forgotten about and the only signs were the poisonous seepage that this always causes in the heart.
I have said to God that I hand this over to Him and asked Him to deal with it as He sees fit, but letting go of it completely is, I feel, going to be a long hard struggle. This struggle is likely to be exacerbated by the fact that my job is dealing with over the phone complaints and general enquiries for a large company and due to circumstances beyond my control I am taking a higher percentage of complaints than usual. It is so easy to get caught up in bitterness when people are spouting anger and vitriol at you down a telephone, especially when you are doing over and above what you can for them. Please pray that God will give me the strength and love to overcome my earthly responses to this.
I know that growing in Christ is rarely, if ever, without pain and cost, and am not under any illusion that I am going to be spared this. I also know that in growing in Christ my reward will grow ever greater and I will become more and more fruitful for the Kingdom of God. I just feel so empty and lost at the moment, and ask that you will pray for me to have endurance to see this through and to remain faithful to Jesus Christ, Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 2:2)
Thankyou all and God Bless.
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Simon Ashmead 09/06/2010 19:34 |
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Tom B
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09/06/2010 20:16 |
Gracious, healing Lord, please bless Simon. Be close with him, and fill him as only you can.
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Tom B
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09/06/2010 20:22 |
Simon, I want to recommend Colossians tonight. I have found that it gives us many lessons about living a life in Christ in a simple straightforward manner.
"If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory."-Colossians 3
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Helga
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09/06/2010 23:27 |
Simon I always wonder why we get offended by what others say. I have been listening and looking into this for a long time. I have come to realize that Jesus was offended so many times and he never let the complaining and mouning of others affecting him. I think when you start seeing yourself as Jesus is seeing you, your whole perspective at work will change. Give each complainer, mouning person, cursing person to Jesus as they talk to you. Jesus has put you in this position to help you to become more and more like him. He is always full of love and cool and collected. I also have to do this in my own life, we all need to do it. So don't let others rob you of your destiny. Like Tom said read loudly out who you are in Christ. Remember people who rant and rave have a lot of hidden problems and need all Jesus to heal them but you are there to be the instrument of Jesus in a broken world.
Jesus Ipray that you give Simon your wisdom and Holy Spirit guide him, comfort him and encourage him right now. Thank you that Simon is so valuable in the Kingdom of God and another puzzle piece of you.
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Jake Van Horn
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09/07/2010 00:44 |
praying for you Simon
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Davidwayne Lackey
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09/07/2010 20:25 |
Simon, I think Helga said it very well. Praying in agreement.
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