So often we find that things get us down. We pray to the Lord, but it seems our prayers don’t go farther than the ceiling; they then drop in a crumpled heap at our feet!
The day has stressed us out! Everything that can go wrong has been chaos!
Then the friend we thought was so reliable let us down and they put the blame on me! How can we ever forgive them?
Oh the list goes on, and we find we’re in an overwhelming downward spiral that makes us want to run and hide.
Have you ever felt this way? I know I have. But God Has a way out for us!
Cup your hands in front of you, and imagine it is a bowl. We can think faster than we speak, so think all those negative thoughts into your bowl. (I’ve seen some people hold the bowl in one hand, while they use the other hand, to physically move the bad thought from their mind and drop it into the bowl!)
When you have no more bad thoughts in your mind, lift the bowl up to the Lord and say, “Lord will You please empty my bowl?” Leave it up there for a moment or two while He Empties it. Wait another moment because He Wants to fill it up for you! What does he Put into your bowl? For everyone He Pours in His Love, Joy, Peace and every other Good Gift He has for us. Then He Puts a Special Gift in just for you that nobody else can have, just because you are special to Him.
Now take your bowl down and pour all those Gifts into your heart and say, “Thank You Lord!”
You can do this as many times as you need to and each time, He Will Give you Beauty for ashes.
(Isaiah 61: 3)
This is best done in front of a mirror or in your bathroom, – if you don’t want others to see you. While you go through these motions you will be watching yourself, but so will Papa God. And satan will have no option but to watch you doing so. Now when he comes to harass you, you can tell him that if he wants to bring that old stuff back, he needs to go to Jesus because you don’t have it anymore.
