Monday Manna - Help for times of adversity - Pt. 1

Jesus Said, "I have told you these things,

 so that in me you may have peace. In this world

 you will have trouble.
 But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John 16:33

Good Monday Morning

Sweet Friends,

Hope you had a pleasant and restful weekend!

Ours was pleasant and restful, and we also had a

day out on Saturday grocery shopping and then

did dinner at Red Lobster,  so that was a very

nice treat,  and cost us Nada, Zip, Zero,

So thankful for gift cards from the family, 

 they are a very Good thing!! lol

As I told you last week, I felt like the Lord was leading

 me to do some posts on things that have helped us

 during this season of layoff that so far, we are almost

 8 months into. I awakened this morning (actually that

 was a week ago Saturday when I wrote this part) with my

 mind whirling with thoughts that I believe the Lord has

 generated, so I came and just started writing them down.

 As I have been writing it has occurred to me that these

 things are not just for this situation of a job loss, 

but they really can help for any adversity. 

 So hope you will read on..... even if you aren't without a

 job or know someone who is.

I tried to prioritize these in some way, but it was sort

 of difficult as they are all important things to know and

 take to heart.  So just started listing them,then moved

 them into priority as best as I could, so if they seem

 out of order to you, that is the reason... and bear with

me,  as something you might think should come next

might come later on in the series.

As I looked over what the Lord gave me, I think there 

is a pattern here,  and I feel the pattern is the Lord

wants us to deal with the way we look at things first.

So...........Here we go!!

#1

Realize that what has just happened to you may have 

taken you totally by surprise,but it did not take God by

 surprise, he knew it was going to happen before you 

were even born.

your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days

 ordained for me were written in your book before

 one of them came to be.

Psalm 139:16

#2

Realize that losing anything is usually traumatic,

 because it is a loss,  and losses are painful and cause us

 to grieve and we need to allow ourselves to grieve that loss.

With a job it is the loss of employment, and maybe the 

thing  you love to do most, loss of financial security, and 

Insurance provisions, and sometimes identity, loss of 

friendships and familiar relationships, also the loss of

your daily routine, and leaves you with a what am I

 gonna do now feeling, and sense of powerlessness.

  Know that you are gonna have times of grieving and

 that is normal, good, and it is okay,  but you don't want

 to let that grieving engulf you,  so if it goes on too long 

you might need to seek some Godly counsel, to help you

 get a new perspective because I believe if you are able to

 see it from God's perspective it will make a tremendous

 difference. That is why I felt the Lord led me to do these

 posts.  Cause knowing and employing the truth of God's 

word has made all the difference for us. This is our

5th time of going thru this in our 40 years of marriage.

The 3rd time since we have been walking with the

Lord,  each time has been for a longer period of

time,  and each time has been somewhat different

with different things the Lord wants to teach us

or do in our lives,  but there is no doubt that

God's word and prayer have pulled us thru in

good stead each time.

So after you have allowed yourself some grieving time

 a few days or weeks, then you need to determine in your

 own heart that you are not going to allow the enemy to help

  you feel sorry for yourself. ( I am talking about a job loss

here not a major loss of a family member or something

 like that) but even in those events I believe there might

 come a time when you have to decide this too!


We have to decide.........I remember Joyce Meyer
saying something that has really stuck with me.
She said she used to love having pity parties for
herself,  and one day the Lord told her Joyce, 
you can either be pitiful or powerful,  but you
can't be both,  so you are gonna have to decide!


and we can decide!!

Well,  Sweet Friends,

I am gonna leave it here for today....

Come back next week as I will continue

 with Part 2.   Next week...........We'll  talk about fear!  

Have a Great Evening Loving on your Family!

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs N' Special Blessings to you!

Nellie