Tag Archives: Anger

Jun15

Random (hopefully inspired) Thought

Posted on June 15, 2014 by lsgrlr

I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Numbers 14. “The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: ‘How long will this wicked community grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. So tell them, As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against Me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have Me against you. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against Me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die'” (Verses 26-35). God is angry and rightfully so. How could they, who had seen some much, been the recipients of so many blessings, how could they so easily forget? How could they so easily not trust the One that saved them from bondage and sure death? But what I find more appalling is that after He had pronounced this verdict, “the you shall die here I have declared it, it will happen” verdict. They still presumed to do what they wanted checkout verses 39-44: “When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly. Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country, saying, ‘Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised. Surely we have sinned!’ But Moses said, ‘Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed! Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies, for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, He will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.’ Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.” God said, ONLY Joshua and Caleb would see the land, but they decided, once again, that they knew better than God. They thought they could defeat the giants that they were so afraid of in Chapter 13, with OUT God? Now that’s just silly. But we are human and subject to silliness on a daily basis. We watch God do miracle after miracle saving us from certain death and bondage, yet when He says. “GO!” We say, “NO! The giants are too big!” The by-product we die in our wilderness.

Jun2

DAY 152 (2014)

Posted on June 2, 2014 by lsgrlr

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Seek Truth…

I saw something today that made me mad. Before I start this post I want to put out a disclaimer. While this post may seem political in nature, it is not. The object is about the deceit used by some to sway the beliefs of another. The bible talks about being a Berean. Who are the Bereans? In the book of Acts the Bereans are a sect of Jews that listened to what the Apostles said, but then took what they heard and tested it to make sure it was truth before deciding to believe it. Therefore, Paul in the scriptures urged all followers of God to be like the Bereans. What’s my point? Today I signed into Facebook, I started to read the news feed and noticed a link posted by one of my friends, that shows a video of President Obama saying this: “Ordinary people are too small minded to govern their own affairs. They need to surrender their rights to an all powerful sovereign.” Now I never talk politics, because at the end of the day I believe that God is in charge of it all and in the end He’ll win (if I know how it ends why worry about what’s happening in the middle? I’d much rather spend my time trying to make a difference rather than worrying). Again I am not politically minded, but I am pretty certain that if the President of The FREE World said this to anyone, the news would be all over that…like white on rice. So I Googled the ENTIRE speech, and guess what? The President did make those statements, however, they were made at two separates points in his speech and convey a completely different message. This is where my anger comes in, I know this speech is fake because I searched until I found it. I needed to make sure it was true before I decided to malign the character of another. But what about the people who don’t check? Who aren’t Bereans? We can be easily swayed, with advancements in technology and our human nature to believe what we see without checking the facts for ourselves. We can believe a lie as truth and build a doctrine for life around something that wasn’t ever REAL truth. Today just a warning don’t believe just because… Believe because it is TRUE. Know what you believe and know why? Be a Berean.

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true” (Acts 17:11).

So what’s my plan? Be a Berean.

Jan16

DAY 16 (2014)

Posted on January 16, 2014 by lsgrlr

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path…
(Picture by Lisa R.)

Who taught us that violence is the only way to deal with a problem, or gain respect? Today in less than one hour I witnessed two separate acts of people choosing anger as a means of handling an easily manageable problem. In both situations the persons involved lost all sense of reasoning. I was amazed at how blinding anger can be, it keeps you from seeing the solution. But more than that it keeps us from seeing our wrong, and keeps the others person’s wrong ever present. This has left me wondering, when did this become the norm? Bad behavior use to be frowned upon, but lately it has become the go to route. I actually had a person ask me what was wrong with me, when I said I didn’t drink to handle my stress. As I look at the world now, I can’t help but think how God’s heart must be broken by our callous and non-caring attitude. We have advanced in technology, but have taken several steps back in humanity. Life is getting harder, but we are not without a solution to the problem. My granny use to always say, “If you can’t see the answer when looking straight ahead, it’s time to look UP.” God’s had the solution all along, He wrote book on problem solving. It’s time for us to look UP.

“Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22).

So what’s my plan of attack? Read the problem solving BOOK.