Do You Need Reminding?

I know I share often about antidotes from my grandchildren but sometimes the wisdom that comes from their mouths stop me in my tracks.

This is one of them.

Willow was sitting in the front room of her house and was crossed legged on the couch. She was looking out of the big, large bay-like roof to floor front window.

The picture in front of her eyes was magnificent. These glorious Cumulus clouds in a bright blue sky. The clouds were very low lying fluffy white cotton balls.

Willow turned to her Mum after gazing out at this scene. Pointing at the clouds she asked, “Was that the city of God and Jesus’ home?”

Mum said, “Yes.”

Her reply was “Wow! He lives near me!”

Did we hear that? Jesus lives near us! This is TRUTH we need to be aware of ALL the time.

Jesus, Our Saviour, IS WITH US!

I know, you know, all Christians should know that God is with us. Not FAR from us. But me included, forgets this.

Life’s circumstances get to us. Stress of living get to us. The lack of peace and harmony gets to us. The plague of not enough time gets to us…. We ALL forget to see things from God’s perspective. We forget to INVITE HIM INTO our lives, our everyday lives. Maybe we need to often look out the window, look up knowing that JESUS is in control.

I often meditate upon the picture of Jesus as an infant holding the earth in the palm of his hand – The Infant Jesus of Prague picture. I know the young boy is dressed in regal clothes from the 16^th Century and is of Spanish origin. I don’t concentrate on the clothes but on the hands of Jesus. One hand is held up in a blessing to us, the other holds the world in his hands. This grounds me when I feel my life, my circumstances are out of control.

HE HOLDS THE WORLD IN HIS HANDS. Even as a young boy.

My confidence is restored, and I remember to lean into MY GOD once again. I probably sound like a scratched record, saying the same thing over and over. But I don’t know about you, I forget so easily. We Christians often have Alzheimer’s, especially when stress, fear, anxiety is involved. It’s as if these things cloud our judgement, our decision making.

So, when these RAIN DARK CLOUDS come into our lives, remind yourself and let others remind you WHO GOD IS!

WHAT HE HAS DONE!

WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU!

HE IS FAITHFUL!

How do I do this? I give permission to my close Christian friends to speak into my life. I go to them and state, “Pray for me today. I am not coping. I am feeling low. Remind me again.”

What do you do to remind yourself?

Her reply was “WOW, He lives near me!”

Did we hear that? Jesus lives near us! This is TRUTH we need to be aware of ALL of the time.

Jesus, Our Saviour, IS WITH US!

I know, you know, all Christians should Know that God is with us. Not FAR from us.

But , me included, forgets this?

Life’s circumstances gets to us. Stress of living gets to us. Living with disagreeable, ‘fighting’family members gets to us. The lack of peace and harmony gets to us. The plague of not enough time gets to us………. We ALL forget to see things from God’s perspective. We forget to INVITE HIM INTO our lives, our everyday lives.

Maybe we need to often look out  the window , look Up  knowing that JESUS is in control.

I often mediatate upon the picture of Jesus as an infant holding the earth in the palm of his hand- The Infant Jesus of Prague Picture.

I know the young boy is dressed in regal clothes from the 16^th Century and is of Spanish origin. I don’t concentrate on the clothes but on the hands of Jesus.

One hand is held up in a blessing to us, the other holds the world in his hands.

This grounds me when I feel my life, my circumstances are out of control.

HE HOLDS THE WORLD IN HIS HANDS.Even as a young boy.

My confidence is restored and I  remember to lean into MY GOD once again.

I probably sound like a scratched record, saying the same thing over and over. But I don’t know about you, I forget so easily. We Christians often have Alzeimhers, especially when stress, fear, anxiety is involved. It’s as if these things cloud our judgement , our decision making.

So when these RAIN DARK CLOUDS come into our lives, remind yourself  and let others remind you WHO GOD IS!

WHAT HE HAS DONE!

WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU!

HE IS FAITHFUL!.

How do I do this?  I give permission to my close Christian friends to speak into my life. I go to them and state, “Pray for me today, I am not coping. I am feeling low.Remind me again.”

What do you do to remind yourself?

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Do you need reminding that God is close to you? What can you do to remind yourself?

How can you be a reminder to others in your life when they need some encouragement?