In The Dead-End Street, When You Face A Dead End In Your Life / Today's Meditation23

 

 

In The Dead-End Street!

When You Face A

Dead End In Your Life.

/ Today's Meditation23

 

 

/By Priscilla 

 

 

We have experienced

various aspects of life so far.

 

 

When we are in despair

from a human perspective.

 

 

So when we want to

give up everything.

 

 

At that very moment,

the Lord is always ready

to solve our soul, body,

 

 

and all problems

with his scalpel.

 

 

Do you believe that

the Lord is the one

 

 

who can walk through

the storms of our

sufferings and bring

us to hope?

 

 

In the corner of

tribulations, we can

definitely meet

the Lord.

 

 

How much comfort

and hope for us it is!

 

 

When our pit of suffering

becomes deeper.

 

 

When we go through

the dark and

narrow road.

 

 

Also, when we go astray

since there are no

milestones in the

path of life.

 

 

Do you know that

is the right moment

 

 

you can make your

despair into an amazing

life reversal?

 

 

So, when each

one of us are in an

unexpected despair.

 

 

We need to intuit this

is the very moment our

turning point in our

  lives is coming up.

 

 

Our journeys of life up

to this point may have

been accompanied

by adventures

 

 

and courage, sacrifices

and sufferings, including

 various dangers.

 

 

However, if we do

not give up our hope

for the Lord with the

firm faith and trust that

 

 

'in all things God

works for the good',

the Lord will

never let us alone

 

 

and will definitely

restore us in any

circumstance.

 

 

Therefore, listen,

my brothers

and sisters!

 

 

From God's point

of view, our extreme

siuations in life

 

 

sometimes make

 great helps in

better life,

 

 

and give us

opportunities to

return to God.

 

 

Probably this journey

of sufferings and trials

can be considered

 

 

as the most necessary

' training process'

for our characters to be

changed and matured.

 

 

From a human perspective,

it is thought that there

is no way to cope

with the despair

 

 

that each of us

is in right now,

 

 

so we may become

nervous wrecks

and frustrated,

grumbling,

 

 

'The world is over

with a terrible and

desperate mind.

 

 

And also in front

of a blocked wall,

each one of us

may sigh and say,

 

 

"I'm hopeless!

   Now it's over!"

 

 

However,

at the moment

'we are in the

darkness of life',

 

 

we must lay down

all means and methods,

and praise God lively,

 singing the hymn.

 

 

Please remember

Christians who were

religiously persecuted

 

 

and oppressed by the

emperors in the ancient

Roman times!

 

 

Do you remember that

they hid and escaped

from the eyes of the

oppressors

 

 

and lived in dark

'catacomb' caves

with no light at all,

 

 

but never fear or

despair of reality?

 

 

Rather, they lived more

courageously as the

persecution of the

Roman emperor

became more severe,

 

 

and they engraved

the words

-'Destiny and Hope'

 

 

on the wall of the

low level of the cave

with sharp chisels, 

 

 

trying to control their

hearts shaken by despair.  

 

 

Dear my brothers

 and sisters!

 

 

I pray that you will

never be shrunk and

have a greater hope

in Jesus.

 

 

At this moment, I

suddenly remember

a scripture written

in the Bible! :

 

 

'Ezekiel's vision,

so-called ' the vision

of dry bones'.

(Ezekiel 37 : 1-14)

 

 

The breath of the Lord

entered the dead

and came upon

the dry bones

 

 

which were useless

like hard sticks and

the bones came

 together.

 

 

God covered them

with skin and made

 breath enter them.

 

 

And they came to

life from death

 

 

and at last they were

transformed a vast army! 

How amazing!

 

 

"My people!

Come out of the caves

and tombs of darkness,

despair, worries

 and concerns."

 

 

Let me think about

the message of the hope

from the Lord above,

pull myself together,

and look to the Lord

even more!

 

 

If you are

in a circumstance

that you have to pass

through the pitch-dark

 swamp of despair!

 

 

Maybe it will be

a song sung at night,

 

 

but just as you can't face

the resurrection

without suffering,

 

 

I hope you will

remember that after

 

 

'absolute despair',

'absolute hope'

absolutely awaits you.

 

 

Therefore,

when you are in a trial,

please leave your problems

to the Lord only,

 

 

and enjoy freedom

in any and every situation,

as the apostle Paul said!

 

 

When your road is blocked,

you just have to turn

around and go

another road.

 

 

Please believe that

when God closes one door,

he is definitely willing to

open another door

prepared for you.

 

 

(Sellah)

                        

 

2009/08/17

 

/ By Priscilla