Good afternoon everyone,

Psalm 42:5-6-Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation 6 and my God.

I believe prayer can become difficult for us as Christians especially living in “our age and times” because everything surrounding us is in a rush. So instead of becoming like a “thermostat” where we set the tempature of things in our life, we become “thermometers” and allow our surroundings to dictate our pace and eventually who we are. Although our families and jobs have schedules and deadlines to meet, it is our spirit within that is effected ultimately, and we begin to be disheartened of the very things that God has blessed us with to enjoy, ultimately be a witness of His glory.

Therefore I’ve learned that the greatest warfare of my day is not what actually comes to past but whether I am prepared to handle it. Many times God must slow us down in our “activities” to teach us how to prepare and make our soul the priority. He can use illnesses, waiting in lines, insomnia, etc. anything to get us quiet and ask our souls the question David did, “Why are you in turmoil within me?”

I believe everyone in some way should be able to preach to themselves. Like David, I must remind myself that my soul must find it’s rest in God alone, and prayer is the privileged “vehicle” God gives us through Christ to come to Him freely. Asking ourselves tough questions regarding our own feelings about everything, no matter how wild it is, I believe keeps you from being hypocritical and in denial. The courage to confront your soul before God is an act of faith that says to God “whatever is wrong with me You are the answer, so my hope is in you”. Do you ask yourself tough questions that you may not even share with anybody? My prayer has been that I would not ever be afraid to confront what is in my soul. Because before I can be real and honest with people, I mustn’t lie to myself.

In His Love, Ld