Faithful is He Who Calleth You

  
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression.  Aren’t you sick and tired of being sick and tired over matters that appear to be out of your control?

I just received news that a loved one is back in jail for a repeat offense. Drugs.  He just can’t leave them alone.  It rips our heart while the salt is poured and we weep again! Most of you readers can relate to the same thing and probably more, can’t you?

When we believe a lie we interrupt a perfect relationship with someone and/or with God.  Eve believed Satan’s lie as he placed the seed of doubt that horrible day in history.  I don’t want to beat a dead horse by rehashing the sin of Eve but I do want us to go back to the garden and take note of a few things that just might be the beginning of a new path for you to consider following.

Ge 2:16 ¶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

It was stated. It was given. It was settled. Adam had full instructions on what he could eat and couldn’t eat. He understood and obeyed.  There were lots of food choices out there. Don’t forget that God gave him ALL he needed.

Ge 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

His understanding of death was secure and not to be questioned. God did His part and so did Adam up until the enemy of God approached Adam’s wife, Eve. There were consequences plainly given if obedience to his command was ignored.

Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Eve was Adam’s helpmeet, made for him and no other man. He would not have to be alone ever, again. God saw his need. He didn’t change His plan or His mind.  He saw Adam’s need.

Ge 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Adam was given responsibility of all beast of the field and every fowl of the air. Now, he was given another responsibility. Eve.

Where was he when the enemy came and what was Adam doing or not doing? Did Eve slip away from her husband to a place she should not have gone? Where was she to be positioned? Did she leave her protection? She had in herself to be where she should have been, didn’t she?

 All Satan needs is one tiny, minute spot, a speck if you please and then he pulls away just long enough for a closer step in his direction, a step further away from God!

That’s ALL HE NEEDS! Did you get that?

I don’t want to park at Eve’s sin again as I stated at the beginning of this blog and keep blaming her for the same mistake we make over and over and over, but I do want to take a look at how subtle Satan can be and how quickly we can become so entangled in the world we don’t know if we are coming or going.

You may feel trapped at this reading. It is that time of your life when things just shouldn’t be the way they are, but for one or many reasons, they are. 

1. You’re ready for college but there is no money to pay tuition and it looks like you’ll need to get a job and help with other burdens the family has just revealed to you. What do you do?

2. Abuse.  You have hidden it for too long. It is time to tell, but how?

3. The strange things you feel every month are not normal. You have the urge to physically hurt someone but you haven’t. How do you go about getting help or are you just crazy?

4. An aging parent has to move in with you, but you are in rebellion to the whole idea. You ask yourself why do I feel this way and why does this have to happen right now? There seems to be no escape.

5. You have been diagnosed with cancer just when you can retire and enjoy a few years without the stress of getting up early and leaving the house to go to a job.

6. Your husband lost his job. You have been faithful to keep the home and stand beside this man. Should you go to work?

7. You have just learned that one of your children is in deep sin. Why? You raised him/her differently. Now what?

8. Your best friend betrayed you.  Your heart is broken and you don’t want to leave the house, EVER!

9. All the children are gone. You look at the man you’ve been married to for a hundred years it seems, but you don’t know him.

10.Another child… lost to miscarriage. Will there ever be any children?

Are there not answers for us Christian women who desire above all else to please God and our husbands?  I believe there is! Call me crazy. Call me funnydamental…….I really don’t care :-) about the name calling, but I do care that YOU NEED HELP. I am not a certified counselor or a doctor but I know HIM who is called "Wonderful, Counseller!"

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

1Th 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.  I want you to put that in your hat and wear it until next time…..Lord willing……and we’ll break these 10 statements down to where the peanut butter can be reached for all.

Until next time, Lord willing,

Sharon