You Can Always Learn Something From Everyone You Know or Know About,…Whether You Like Them or Not.
Psalm 23 : 4 NKJV
(4) “Yea, though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff , they comfort me.”
Ephesians 6 : 10–13 NKJV
The Whole Armor of God
(10) “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of His might.
(11) Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.
(12) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places.
(13) Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may
be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to
stand.”
No one is guaranteed a life on Easy Street, a life without trial and tribulation, a life in which there is no need to overcome and be victorious. Life, as we know it here on earth is going to be filled with all kinds of things, both good and bad. That is just going to be the way that it is while you walk, talk, live, breathe, and interact with other people as you grow and live in your personal quest to discover and then passionately pursue God’s Plan for your own life.
The odds are that life is not going to be a “bowl of cherries” for you. There may be an extremely rare instance of such a privileged existence, but for most of us, life is going to be a rough and tumble existence for around the 75–80 years that we can realistically plan to live here on earth. Because of the shortness of our physical lifespan, every day and night has to be valuable and precious to us. None of us can afford to waste one day, let alone a year or several years.
There is a personal story about a famous celebrity who without a doubt lived a very privileged life, and yet, even she experienced much heartache, failure, and personal spiritual attack as she endured through it all,…only to die a more tragic death in her senior years.
Hopefully we can all learn some valuable life lessons from understanding what she experienced and more importantly how she reacted and endured through it all.
Comedienne, Joan Rivers, was devastated by the suicide of her husband and manager, Edgar Rosenburg. Ms. Rivers tells about her grief and suffering over her personal loss in her book, “Still Talking.”
One of the most important things that Joan Rivers discovered during her painful emotional experience was a deep and abiding inner strength.
She says in her book that the tragic loss of her spouse caused her to deeply examine her life and all of its events. Such a careful and lengthy self evaluation raised many difficult and pointed questions in her mind. She asked herself, “What will I be doing in five years from today?” Her answer, “I am not worried–whether I am single, or remarried to a wonderful man.” Personal security in life does not depend on marital status, type of lifestyle, or other human beings directing or attempting to direct your life.
Ms. Rivers continued by saying, “I’d love to be doing television, but nothing is secure in show business,….even if things go badly, the bottom I might hit would be nowhere near as deep as what I have already been through. I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can get through one door, I’ll go through another–or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present!”
We would all do well for ourselves to learn and then permanently adopt this wonderful positive mental attitude by which to live our own lives.
Using her stalwart “cannot-be-defeated” positive mental attitude while expecting only good and valuable things to happen to her all the while she was in her weakened state of being, Joan Rivers persevered even amongst her staunchest critics. She boldly asserted, “God always comes up with a third act twist…That’s the exhilaration of being alive. There is always another scene coming out of nowhere. God is the best dramatist.”
Whenever life throws you a twist, negative situation, or even a total defeat or loss…pick yourself back up…get back up onto your own feet. Don’t wait for someone else to pick you up. Dust yourself off,…as best you are able…and get back to being busy, creative, and productive. Idle and remorseful time filled with self pity is the devil’s workshop. You must not allow him access to your thoughts. You are in total control of allowing or completely stopping the devil from entering into your thoughts.
It is often most difficult for a person to realize, when they are going through a real crisis,…that they are doing just that very thing…“Going through it.” All crises are temporary!…no matter what you say or what you think. All storms of life eventually pass. Every dark night turns into a bright new morning.
Permit me to exhort you that, no matter what you are presently going through,…the sun will rise in the East in the morning just as sure as it rose in the East yesterday morning. If you truly do want to become personally successful in your chosen field of endeavor, choose to persist until you see the breaking of a new dawn!
Idle time is evil time.
The more productive you are with the use of your life, the more happy you will become and the greater will be your own peace of mind!
God Almighty Himself gives us great words of comfort and motivation in the Holy Scriptures in the Book of Mark, Chapter 9, verse 23 NKJV
(23) “Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible
to him who believes.’ ”
Peace and Love to All of You…………………Poppa Bear