O Lord, please send someone else

I think I really like Moses. Here was a guy who wasn't afraid to admit his weaknesses. And look for a way out, when he was feeling overwhelmed.
God chose Moses, not because he was brave, or clever, or strong.
And God did not empower Moses to become brave, or clever, or strong.
Rather God promised to be with him.
God's presence was enough.
Moses just had to have faith in the power of God to overcome all.

I am not brave, or clever, or strong.
And God has not chosen me because I am brave, or clever, or strong,
God has not promised to make me brave, or clever, or strong,
But He has promised to be with me always, to never leave me.
And I must trust in that promise and rely on His strength and power

Inspired by Job

It's so hard in the dark times to still praise God, but that is what we are called to do.

Blessed Be Your Name
by Matt Redman
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Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name
Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name
Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

And so I will wait.......

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the LORD;

be strong and take heart;

and wait for the LORD.

Thank You God

In our Preschool - Kindy Sunday School class we've been learning about prayer, under the simple headings of: 'You're great God'; 'I'm sorry God'; 'Thank you God'; and 'Please God'.
Today we were concentrating on 'Thank You God'.
I had prepared a powerpoint presentation of all the things I had in my life to be thankful for, as examples to show the kids.
What a humbling reminder of how wonderfully God has blessed me (especially when at the end, 4 year old Matthew gave me a nice long list of all the things I'd forgotten to mention).
Praise God for His mercies and for His bountiful blessings.

Hurt

This is not really a fully formed post, so please forgive the stream of consciousness.....

I have always been very sensitive and easily upset. I am particularly easily hurt by people I love or respect.

This has been a lot worse over the past couple of years - with the whole bipolar thing.

There are those who say that no one can hurt your feelings, rather it is you choose to feel hurt.

That may be true.

But in my experience, I seem to be so easily cut down by the words or actions of others. It can take me days to recover from an off-the-cuff comment (one in which the person may not have even been aware that my feelings were hurt).

Which brings the dilemma. My doctor would say, it's best to pretend it's all OK and recover in isolation from that individual. But is that the biblical approach?