Cherokee
02-08-2011, 10:14 AM
I have watched as people searched for answers and understanding as they turn to God in times of need. It is in this time of troubled waters so to speak that the majority of persons come to God and find Him. When the long arm of night seems endless and no one to call on or to turn to and we cry tears of pain, anger, frustration. In these hours we imagine ways and means to get by, or away from, or even get back at, the source of our pain, anger, frustration, and get the problem fixed, for we know ourselves we can do nothing, but how do we get to the One who will take care of things and set our hearts to beating in peace again?
I have started this thread to write what I have learned, what I know and share with others that have walked a similar path and are scarred, bruised, and wonder if it will ever get better. You see God knows and sees the inner portions of our being and He knows the real me, us, you. He also knows the hidden man of the heart that we share with no one but still the inner man rises up and cuts us down time and time again. The devil or satan or whatever we choose to call him is not our worst enemy, but it is the darkness of the night that comes when we lie down to sleep and the inner man awakens to torment us with inuendos of what could have been, or if only's, or the agony of wondering if we stand or count or are thought about at all by God, and those that have hurt us, and those we have hurt , and think about the things we can never undo.
You see, guilt and grief go hand in hand, just as forgiveness and forgetting go hand in hand. Just as there is a fine line they say, between love and hate. Is there still hope for us who keep trying although the wee hours of darkness before the sunrise cries out against us in our mind and in our soul?
In all actuality my dear sister or brother, it is you and I that make the most sincere intercessors for we know what kind of pain a soul in desolation really feels. It is easy for us to encourage the faith in one in despair because we know He can do for them although we are troubled about will He do for me, us, you, the same?
Am I speaking Truth? Yes, you know who you are and I know who I am and I have seen the fallen soldiers on the battlefield of life that are bleeding and shot down with no one to rescue them and nurse them back to life and faith and confidence again. We are everywhere, within arms reach of the ministry, of the church mother, of the family of God and the household of faith but yet the wounds have never healed to become scars that fade, from knowing that God does see, and does know, and does care, and that we are His chosen vessels, to fight the war that goes on in the night and that the answer is in the depth of the Word of God when we get into the thick darkness with Him. It is here that we realize the night can no longer torment us for we have found our hiding place in Him.
I am going to write more about overcoming the darkness in our night as God leads, as I know there are preachers, brothers, sisters, saints, teenagers, and yes, faithful soldiers and warriors that dread the night watch but know we can not stop watching or let anyone know, we ourselves are afraid of the dark.
Love Ya' in Jesus!!! Cherokee
I have started this thread to write what I have learned, what I know and share with others that have walked a similar path and are scarred, bruised, and wonder if it will ever get better. You see God knows and sees the inner portions of our being and He knows the real me, us, you. He also knows the hidden man of the heart that we share with no one but still the inner man rises up and cuts us down time and time again. The devil or satan or whatever we choose to call him is not our worst enemy, but it is the darkness of the night that comes when we lie down to sleep and the inner man awakens to torment us with inuendos of what could have been, or if only's, or the agony of wondering if we stand or count or are thought about at all by God, and those that have hurt us, and those we have hurt , and think about the things we can never undo.
You see, guilt and grief go hand in hand, just as forgiveness and forgetting go hand in hand. Just as there is a fine line they say, between love and hate. Is there still hope for us who keep trying although the wee hours of darkness before the sunrise cries out against us in our mind and in our soul?
In all actuality my dear sister or brother, it is you and I that make the most sincere intercessors for we know what kind of pain a soul in desolation really feels. It is easy for us to encourage the faith in one in despair because we know He can do for them although we are troubled about will He do for me, us, you, the same?
Am I speaking Truth? Yes, you know who you are and I know who I am and I have seen the fallen soldiers on the battlefield of life that are bleeding and shot down with no one to rescue them and nurse them back to life and faith and confidence again. We are everywhere, within arms reach of the ministry, of the church mother, of the family of God and the household of faith but yet the wounds have never healed to become scars that fade, from knowing that God does see, and does know, and does care, and that we are His chosen vessels, to fight the war that goes on in the night and that the answer is in the depth of the Word of God when we get into the thick darkness with Him. It is here that we realize the night can no longer torment us for we have found our hiding place in Him.
I am going to write more about overcoming the darkness in our night as God leads, as I know there are preachers, brothers, sisters, saints, teenagers, and yes, faithful soldiers and warriors that dread the night watch but know we can not stop watching or let anyone know, we ourselves are afraid of the dark.
Love Ya' in Jesus!!! Cherokee