God Is With Us! :)

Wednesday, I got to school really early. I became pretty bored so I decided to pull out my Bible and see what God needed me to hear that morning. I think we have all heard the old trick of open your Bible and God will show things maybe you've never seen before. Well here I was trying to open my heart to Jesus. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much. I had just been having a bad week, and I had experienced some of my friends "turning against me". I had really been feeling quite alone, so I called on God with an open mind and an open heart. I randomly opened up the Bible and of course it landed on Psalm. I looked down and Psalm 25 was in front of me, but it was several of the verses at the end that were brought to my attention.

Psalm 25:17-22

17. The troubles of my heart have multiplied;

free me from my anguish.

18. Look upon my affliction and my distress

and take away all my sins.

19. See how my enemies have increased

and how fiercely they hate me!

20. Guard my life and rescue me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in you.

21. May integrity and uprightness

protect me,

because my hope is in you.

22. Redeem Israel, O God,

from all their troubles!

After reading this excerpt, I realized that lately I was going through some of the same things that David was when he wrote this Psalm. Well, I wasn't exactly sad and upset for the hope of Israel, but I had felt lately like everyone had been trying to be my enemy. But God delicately laid these verses in front of me for a reason. He wanted me to understand to come to ALWAYS come to Him. These verses remind me that there are always going to be people that don't like me or even Christians in general. But it is not about how many people like/dislike you; its about how you respond. Do you respond with compassion and love? Do we tell God we need Him? Do we go to God because we BELIEVE He is our source of strength? Sometimes we will have problems. Sometimes we will have friendships that end. And Sometimes, we will have enemies multiply and turn against us---Just like David in this Psalm!


But... Its SO important to understand and to know that God Is With Us! (:

Thanks for reading!(:

God Bless! :)

Taylre!