thank you thank you

Proverbs 15:15 (The Amplified Bible) All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil (by anxious thoughts and forebodings), but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast (regardless of circumstances)



i had been feeling a sense of "foreboding" this week. for me, pms sometimes intensifies that feeling. it's like a sense of anxiety and grief over pretty much nameless, faceless things. some part of me is expecting something bad, dark, tragic, or evil to be waiting around the corner, instead of hoping for and expecting great things. i wanted to believe for great things. miracles. possibilites. "light around the corner." i needed help in cutting this foreboding loose. so i asked for it.


i still hadn't gotten my period, but by yesterday i was sick of feeling so awful. i paced about trying not to call people (calling people when i feel this way usually gets me in trouble), and then i picked up joyce meyer's "battlefield of the mind" devotional. i love joyce. i watch her show all the time, but i never actually look at this book too much. i prefer the little purple one (it's helped me immensely), but my husband left this one on the counter that day. i picked it up and opened right to a page that started with that proverb. actually i didn't read the proverb straight away, i skipped right to the prayer and worked my way back. eventually i got it. the point i mean. although i got the period, too, less than an hour later.


thanks Joyce. and thanks God. my heart is glad again.








here's joyce's prayer i skipped to:


Dear Lord Jesus,
Through so many days of my life I have been robbed of my joy and contentment by evil forebodings. As those feelings come to me, please remind me that You are in control. Help me to rest in You and rejoice in Your power in my life. Amen.

here's my prayer today:

Heavenly Father, thank you for joyce. she is an amazing teacher. thank you for continuing to bless her and her family. thank you for taking good care of everyone in my family, and for helping them cope with my "special needs" this week. thank you for helping me get through all my challenges. thank you for reminding me that i can relax, and that you're with me. thank you for giving me the safety, security, and peace of mind i need to be comfortable and enjoy my life. thank you for blessing us with so much prosperity and abundance. thank you for replacing the foreboding and dread with excitement and joy over great things to come. thank you for all the miracles you perform every day. thank you for filling my heart and my mind with such beautiful dreams, and for giving us the means and opportunities we need to fulfill them. thank you for never giving up on me. thank you for my sweet little baby. and of course, thank you for this awesome camera. it's been such a blessing.

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you...

i love you.

in Jesus' name i pray, Amen.




















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