I've gotten caught up in wedding stuff. (As a side note, I'm glad the wedding is a bit off so I can also work on marriage stuff.) In the midst of the wedding stuff there has come a situation where I feel helpless, out of control, and frustrated. Anger has built up over the situation and it's challenged me so much as I come before God with the bitterness. Not fun, especially associated with the wedding!
Sunday I went out for a walk and God gave me perspective. He showed me that my feeling so trapped and powerless simply is not so - God has given me the power and resources to change the situation... but he's also given me the power to choose to submit and surrender control.
The anger dissipated, the bitterness started to melt. It amazes me how a simple change in perspective regarding our situations provides freedom and hope. It amazes me how the God of the universe provides us with that perspective through his word, other believers, and prayer.
He doesn't always change our every situations, but he gives us the grace, perspective, and power through the Holy Spirit to walk through them and love and live as Christ would - to have freedom in even the hardest situation and to encounter them with love, grace, peace, and hope.
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