‘Did you try unplugging it and plugging it back in?’

Dear (https://humoresquecartoons.comReader:) Loren Fishman) Cartoon Creator (Don’t you just love it?)

Dear Reader:

I just had to insert this cartoon when I “randomly” came across it because unplugging and plugging back in are my “friends” in solving any computer problem I run into….it is the only solution I know.

Out of the blue this past week I started reading “Jesus Calling” (Daily Devotionals) when I discovered the book under a pile of other books while cleaning out shelves again.

A friend in my Sunday School class, Julie, had  mentioned recently, during class, that a particular devotional just seemed to “nail” where she was in her life at the moment she read it..

I agree. When I pulled up March 5….I got my perspective on problems back in place with some insightful information “to boot.”

Listen to these excerpts and I think you will see why this message hits home to all of us. Problems and Life go hand in hand….so since we can’t get rid of them….we need to learn how to handle them. Like waves coming into the shore…we need to decide rather to jump over it or dive under it….either way God is there for us.

Make friends wtih the problem in your life. Though many feel random and wrong, remember that I am sovereign over everything. I can fit everything into a pattern  for good but only to the extent you trust Me. 

Every problem can teach you something transforming you little by little into the masterpiece I created you to be. 

The best way to befriend your problems is to thank Me for them. You can even give persistent problems nicknames, helping you approach them with familiarity. Then introduce them to Me, enabling Me. to embrace them in My loving Presence. I will not necessarily remove your problems, but My wisdom is sufficient to bring good out of every one of them. 

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So until tomorrow….This advice reminds me of nicknaming my breast cancer “little c” because it didn’t deserve respect with a capital. It really works shrinking our problems down into chewable bites….yes, nicknames and turning problems over to God are the best solutions. I don’t know if I will ever be a “friend” with my breast cancer problem but “What a friend I have in Jesus.”

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

Happy “Official” Birthday Honey!