Comments on: when I’m the issue https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/ teaching women to think on true things Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jolenel https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-462 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:30:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-462 Lara…My children have song that we use when we first committed those exact verses PHil. 4:6 & 7…thank you for bringing that song to my heart. Anyway, oh how God has been stretching me this past year with this during our homeschooling days. I have a child who doesn’t conform to easily to my dogmatic routine, but man how our merciful God is teaching me to yield to Him through this. I can grow so frustrated, and in those occassions, which have become more frequent (praise God!) that I can step out of the room, breathe and say Jesus help me here…I can walk back in the room with renewed strength and patience. God is so faithful. He loves to meet us anytime anywhere when we invite him. He is a no excuses God…and gives abundantly. I will pray a short phrase prayer like, “Lord I need you hear, because I want to freak out” and He carries me. He is so good. So good.

]]> By: Amy https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-461 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-461 In reply to Irma.

Praying your day gets better, Irma. Sorry I failed to read through the comments before posting mine.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-460 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:53:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-460 In reply to Amy.

Wow, Amy, that’s an awesome example. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-459 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:52:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-459 In reply to Irma.

Press on, sister-friend. Praying He comforts.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-458 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-458 In reply to Aubrey Barela.

Thank you, and yes it can be so hard. Praying that His graces were new today.

]]> By: Amy https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-457 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:54:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-457 He has proven His power to mend my heart and mind countless times.
It seems that EVERY time I have been anxious about something…fearful of something…whatever…WHEN I push those negative emotions aside and meditate on His promises {no matter how bleak the situation may look}, He rewards me with His peace and His perspective. The key is for ME to keep trusting no matter what.
I can share a recent, specific example. My 21 year old son and my husband were having a disagreement. My son was wrong, bu I also felt my husband’s punishment did not fit the crime, so to speak. I felt he was being unfair. Even after telling my husband very gently how I felt, he refused to budge from his position.
I removed myself from the situation, picked up my bible, and opened it up to the Psalms. I just started reading a handful of verses over and over and praying them back to God. Even though I could hear the situation between my husband and my son intensifying, I remembered God’s past faithfulness in similar situations and I chose to stand FIRM in prayer and trust God to bring peace and reconciliation. And He did. And I have seen firsthand that when He does answer my prayers in those types of situations, He doesn’t simply answer my prayer…His nature is to do “immeasurably more than I could ever ask or imagine”.
Thanks for letting me share,
Amy

]]> By: Irma https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-456 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:06:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-456 This is me today. Thank you for sharing how you deal with “those days”.

]]> By: Aubrey Barela https://tooverflowing.com/when-im-the-issue/#comment-455 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:37:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=1177#comment-455 I know “those” days. I had one yesterday, and the day before…it’s hard to get out of my head and focus on what is true! Hard to confess that I am the issue. But when I do, he’s there. He’s always here. He calms me. Soothes me soul and bring back the joy. Even when the to do list is still long, husband is still traveling and new puppy is still driving me crazy:) I can move forward in his grace.
Thank you for sharing your heart on here. I really enjoy your blog.

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