On June 1 Chris said to me things will be a lot different at the end of the month. I’m not sure he realised how prophetic his words were. The main change that I was expecting was that he would have completed his Comptia A+ computer course and would now be a qualified IT Technician. Thanks be to God Chris achieved his qualification on June 21st when he passed his exam! He’s now continuing his job hunting process and we believe God will open a door for him.
I am now in the process of doing the second draft of my thesis in its entirety, which is a lot more difficult that I expected. It’s trying to figure out what fits and what doesn’t and also trying to carry a single train of thought through over 80,000 words! I struggle to carry a single train of thought in general conversation! But God works miracles, and the fact that I am in the process of completing this PhD is a miracle in itself! But that’s another story…
This month my struggle has been with relationships. I remember telling a friend that even though being a Christian isn’t the ‘easiest’ route to take in life – I really enjoy being one! And I’ll tell you what I told her – no matter how ‘good’ you think your life is…it can be an immeasurable amount better with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. One of the reasons, is especially when you go through struggles like I’ve shared in this blog, I know that I am not alone in it. I don’t have to sort it out on my own. I have God, Jesus and Holy Spirit with me to help me through it. God gave His word in the Bible to help us through difficult times. II Timothy 3:16-17 says:
Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by inspiration)
and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin,
for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and]
for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will
in thought, purpose, and action)
So that the man of God may be complete and proficient,
well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.
[Amplified Bible]
I could write a lot on those two verses, they are so powerful and have always encouraged me when people say that the Bible cannot possibly be true. God cannot lie – that is not in His nature, and since He inspired the writing of the Scripture, it also cannot be a lie. Coming back to what I said earlier, my struggle this month has been relationships and I am sure you have had the experience when someone close to you (or not so close to you) has said something that deeply hurt you and you’re utterly confused as to the reason you got that response. And the words that hurt the most are the ones that come from the people you love.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, says Proverbs 18:21 [Amplified Bible], and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. We were talking recently in our last ‘cell meeting’ at Church about how powerful the tongue is and very rarely do we remember the good things people say to us, but you’ll remember most of the bad things people have said to you, even as far back as your 2nd grade teacher! But when these things happen and people say things that hurt you, as I have been struggling with, this Scripture verse has been so powerful in helping me, so much so, that I made an effort to memorise it [not from the Amplified Bible version though :o)]. It’s from Philippians 4:8, Paul writes to the church in
And now, dear brothers and sisters,
let me say one more thing as I close this letter.
Fix your thoughts on what is true and honourable and right.
Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
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Interesting to know.
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