I was sitting and watching Return to Neverland, Peter Pan with my 4 year old. As I was listening to the very beginning of the story, I heard myself say YES. I was in a conversation with someone last night and they made a statement that I could relate to and I am sure you can. She is tired, she is emotionally, physically and mentally TIRED. It’s gone on for too long. I think we have all been there at one time, but it seems there are more and more that are saying, the War has gone on longer than expected and I am tired and I am worn.
As I read my Bible in Hosea 5 this morning, it said Sound the alarm…Blow the trumpet…Raise the battle cry…Lead on into battle…When I read that verse, I said Lord, I am tired of the battles, I am tired of the war, I am tired of hearing the alarm ringing. What did Jane in Peter Pan do when she heard the sirens overhead? She ran for shelter, she ran home, she ran to the bomb shelters. She was still sad, she was still missing her dad, but she was sheltered. I am going to stop here. There is so much to tell about this and I will tell that another time.
As I read Hosea and I had those thoughts, I could have stayed there, in my depression, my anxiety, my fear, my tiredness. However, today I went on to read in Joel 2 it says Blow the rams horn…, Announce a time of fasting, Call the people together. I would ask that we all come together and encourage one another and yes for a lot of us the battle has gone on longer than expected, but guess what…..is coming.
Joel 2 ALSO tells me that the Lord says, I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts…
This is hope in your future, there is promise in your future. Find someone who is a little further in their battle, their victory and let them pour into you. Then also find someone in your circle who is not as far in their battle and looking for some hope that this too will be a thing of the past and show them your testimony, your healing, your faith to stand and know that God is the one on the throne.
If you have no one in your circle, come join my circle, we all have battle scars, but I want to see the hope of today in you!
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