Life

Well here it is two weeks later from my last post. I was really depressed for like a week about every or anything it seemed. My wonderful husband was letting me cry on his shoulder! I've spent quite a bit of time praying and reading the Bible for comfort and it's helped. Last Sunday I wrote out some scriptures to hang up in our room.
James 1:2-5 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
The Saturday of my last post I was pretty upset and so after praying for where to read, I picked up Romans 8 which is quite a meaty verse and worth reading all of (www.bible.com), but I won't copy it all here because of length!
I found some verses that spoke to me about Christ's Love, Living in the Spirit, our sufferings, and the power of His Love to keep us no matter what.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. ......
.......16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. ......
............And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ok I couldn't help it, it was all so good I pasted more than I thought I would. :) Now amazingly on Saturday after reading this inspiring chapter, I was still upset! So I decided to focus on the truth that God was using all things for His ultimate good, no matter how I feel. You know when you have so many wonderful things to praise God for, why is it that it's so much easier to complain about the the bad things instead? So the struggle continues for me to be positive and keep focusing on the good things. Some days it's easy, some days it's not, but I always have help in Jesus!