Well, I hate to admit this but I’ve kinda been held captive by a lie straight from the pit of hell. That’s not a phrase I often use but it’s the truth. With various health issues, I’ve been hearing a little voice telling me that my days are few and there’s not much more I can do this side of Glory. It shames me just seeing that in print! Let me be clear … I’ve not heard that voice out loud. I mean that phrase figuratively. I’ve not lost my mind or anything although my attention span begs to differ sometimes but, I digress.
I’ve not given up on life and I’m not depressed. I may be a little sad sometimes about the life changes. It’s hard to explain but in the midst of the mobility and health issues, all of the changes and the coping, I heard this little lie off in the distance, “Your days are short and there’s not much more you can do this side of glory”. I should have put a stop to it in Jesus’s Name. But it was insidious. Ever so often I would hear that whispered in the distance and I began to wonder if it were true. It was an insidious lie creeping into my thoughts mainly at my really low points, when I physically felt bad, and in my struggles.
Well! It may be true but it’s a distortion of the truth, a lie if you will, from the pit! It’s a distorted truth because in it, the evil one is really trying to bring me low, to cast a shadow over my life and ultimately my witness. Now that I realize it, I don’t like it! As the old saying goes, “That gets my dander up!” It really aggravates the stew out of me that I even attended to that lie! So, let me share what is true…
What is true is that yes, my days are numbered but only God knows that number.
What is true is that “My times are in His hands” Psalm 31:15.
What is true is that coping with life struggles is HARD! Some days I feel held hostage by my house. Most days, it’s a workout to finagle to get on my hard foot brace (but I thank the Lord for that brace because it helps!), shoes and clothes. I haven’t quite figured out how to, forgive my candor please, but get dressed without falling while balancing on one foot, safely that is😳. Go ahead and try it sometime 😉. Just this morning my hubby heard my groans and labored breathing and kindly asked if I was in a lot of pain today. I replied that “No. Actually, I’m just trying to put on my shoes. This is just my morning workout 😄.” I’m guessing some of you easily identify with this and to that I say, “Bless your heart!”
This morning I decided it was time to own up, confess if you will, that I’ve been tempted, almost believed, this insidious lie. Maybe by telling this, it might help some of you along the way to recognize the lies and not give in to them.
At breakfast, my hubby shared a great article by Ken Lass in a recent Alabama Baptist publication about worth in the least little bit that we do in the Kingdom of God. I almost cried realizing that I had paid some attention to a lie straight from the pit! I remembered that I really can still help somehow, no matter how small it may be.
Folks, here’s another truth … my time here on earth is not mine to know or even to predict but, it is mine to steward faithfully to the Glory of God and hopefully help advance His kingdom! Yes, I am stuck at home quite often but I can send a text or a note or a blog post of encouragement. I can lend a listening ear. I can pray for a need. I can adjust my attitude for my husband’s sake and peace in my home. I can find a way to show God’s love. I can find a way to share that there is Hope in Him.
Dear friends, I encourage you to join with me and Don’t Listen To The Lies from the evil one! Pray and put a stop to those lies in Jesus’s Name! God loves you! God still has a plan, a way, that He can use you! God is faithful and His Grace is Sufficient for our every need! His promises are printed in Scripture for us to grasp, to pray and to believe! We can always hope in Him!
Dear friends my prayer for you today is that you never give in to the lies. May you know the love of God, His strength, His comfort and His peace in your life!
Thank you so much for following along with Hope and a Dash of Humor! You bless my heart 🥰!
Kim💕🙂🙏
Hope and a Dash of Humor 