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Grace "Continuance" Part Three

Joyce Meyer posted this devotional a few weeks ago:

But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

—Psalm 3:3
When you feel down, everything around you seems to fall apart, and you begin to lose your strength. Your head and hands and heart begin to droop. Even your eyes and your voice are lowered.You are downcast because you are looking at your problems, and this only makes you feel worse. Sometimes you are tempted to say, "Oh, what's the use?" and just give up. But God is waiting for you to lift up your eyes and look to Him for help.Life will always bring discouraging situations, but you don't have to let them get you down. Despite life's distressing circumstances, you can be confident in the Lord, the lifter of your head.

Lift up your eyes, hands, head, and heart and look not at your problems, but at the one who has promised to see you through to victory. Smile . . . it will lift your spirit.

I think I have tried for the longest to live by these words and it is not easy. Everyday you encounter so many people in the road, at work and just everywhere and they all have a complete different outlook at life and it does confuses you. At least, I do confess that I have felt confused. But there is at least one reassurance in my life and it is my other favorite Scripture.

"The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our God endures forever. ” Isaiah 40:8

Not only the word of God endures forever but it surely becomes part of you. It does get kind of scary when you see Scripture being fully develop in your life.

I remember one time I was at a game with my little child and one person came to see us which it was odd but thought it could be for support for the little guy anyways. That person came over to me and hugged me and kiss me. At that moment the only thing that came to my mind was:

"Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" Luke 22:48

 

Now that was one of the clearest revelations I have had since I came to know Christ as my Savior. It was completely disturbing especially the special person it was, the roll it had in my life and how that person became an enemy I could have never suspected sharing my own blood.

It has been a long road. Not an easy one but I have found contentment. I have made so many changes that I never thought I would. Therefore, Grace continues........