Imagination

When I was a teenager I looked forward to the State Fair.  I stood in line for hours to ride The Hammer, The Sky Diver and The Zipper.  The faster, the higher, and the ride that would spin the most was where I wanted to be!

Funny how that changes when you get older.  

I don't know about you, but the older I get the less hairpin corners I want to maneuver, the less Roller Coaster Rides the better.  No ups and downs for me, thank you very much!

My imagination takes me on Roller Coaster Rides at times, what about you?  God allows something in my life and it takes me by surprise, it throws me through the loop, my thoughts begin to go in a hundred different directions.  Sometimes I get so worked up I actually make myself sick!  Hard to admit, but I'm being honest here.  It's easy to 'talk the talk' when you are encouraging someone ELSE going through a difficult time, but when it's US, sometimes it's hard to pull up our boot straps and walk the walk.

We are faced with the realization that we really are not in control of things, like we sometimes like to think.  We begin to ask ourselves, "What are we going to do now" and the "What if" in this situation.

We repeat all of God's promises in our heads, but our fears still begin to creep in.

Don't beat yourself up too badly, even Elijah, when threatened by a woman fled and hid under a juniper tree and requested to just die.  He had no more strength to fight a new battle.  ( 1 Kings 19)

Yesterday I allowed my fears of the unknown to become reality.  I let my worries transform into monsters that I would not be able to slay.  I let my imagination Rule, instead of bringing every thought into captivity.

Isn't it wonderful to know that God realizes that we are but dust?  He knows our frame and He rains His mercies down upon us and helps us stand up again. 

So what did I do?  I sat down, prayed, and opened the Word of God and began to read His Words to me out loud.  An amazing thing began to happen.  

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:7

Surrendering to God's Will allows us to put everything back into perspective.  After all, He promises to fight my battles for me, whatever they may be, and He promises to never leave me or forsake me.

So, today, I choose reality over my imagination and I will let God handle the rest...

but that's just me!

Am I standing on the problems of life?  Or am I standing on the Promises of God?  Unknown