Dealing with Life

There a parts in our lives that seem too hard to bare. Tired physically and emotionally, what should we turn to but spirituality?

This post is a special request from a friend dealing with stress in her life. Don't worry friend. I'm a super hero. I'm trained in saving the day. The first thing I have to tell you is for you to realize that you are not the cog-master to the clock of life.

"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised." -Job 1:21

The book of Job is a prime example. In it, we see God allowing Satan to test a faithful man of his love for the Lord. Job is a wealthy man. His children are crushed. His servants murdered. And his livestock die too. He also becomes afflicted with boils. He ends up shaving his head and tearing off his clothes and praying in deep sorrow to God.

In the end, God gives him everything back and more! Friend you need to accept it is not your will but His. He is the true cog-master! Everything in your life is not a result of what you have done; it is what God has done through you. Hmm...through you...sound familiar?

Holy Spirit


I was never able to conceptualize what the Holy Spirit was until recently. I thought it was God saying things in my head! The problem was, I was in my head too!

Once I got a grasp of the will of God, I understood it much better. Your body is a temple. That temple is a house for the Holy Spirit. God dwells in you!

Okay, God is in you, now what? What does that mean for me?

"And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth" -Revelation 5:8



This is an image of what went down when Jesus was brought up to heaven. The Lamb is Jesus. He has seven horns, which is a symbol of the seven churches on earth. He also had seven eyes, which is a symbol of wisdom and are also the seven spirits. Those seven spirits are: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. They are the Holy Spirit!

Christ is given control of the Church and of the Holy Spirit through his Father. Through  Him you find salvation. In His words, you find comfort.

With accepting just how little in control you actually are you are welcoming the Holy Spirit to dwell in you. By allowing Him to dwell in you, you are receiving the strength you are looking for. (Keep in mind how sin hinders us from these).