"People who need help often feel overwhelmed with their emotions, and part of being overwhelmed is that life feels like thousands of fragments. They have lost any coherence and don’t even know where to begin." --Ed Welch, in his article "I Can Help You in Six Words".that is me. that is me, almost always. no, just always. always, always, always.
these are not necessarily 6 words, or suit the counselling situation... but they pack the punch he talks about in the article, they come to mind and paint such a big picture.... and i cling to them:
if God is not sovereign, God is not God. (rc sproul???)
"upon the solid Rock i stand..." (song)
"he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him." (galatians?)
there is not one random molecule in the universe. (first heard via my pastor -- from sproul?)
He works all things according to the counsel of His will. (bible)
cursed is the ground, for your sake. (genesis)
man falls as God's providence ordains, but he falls by is own fault. (calvin)
without Me, you can do nothing. (bible)
those who look to Him are radiant... (psalms)
more than oxygen, i need Your love... (song)
...to the praise of the glory of His grace... (bible)
the heart is deceitfully wicked above all things... (bible)
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. (bible)
in me dwells no good thing. (bible)
what satan meant for evil, God means for good. (bible)
the Lord gives, the Lord takes, blessed be the name of the Lord. (job)
my times are in Your hand... (bible)
"....have you considered My servant Job?" (job)
He became sin, who knew no sin; that we might become His righteousness. (bible)
He who sits in the heavens laughs. (psalms)
You make everything glorious.... and i am Yours.... what does that make me? (david crowder)
He works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure. (bible)
enoch walked with God.... and was not. (bible) ...(my hearts cry)
who is this coming out of the wilderness leaning on her Beloved's arm? (song of songs)
...if i have not love, i am nothing. (corinthians)
(sorry for the not-verbatim quotes, and the incomplete references, from this incomplete mind....... but enough to point you in the right direction if you're not already there, lol.)
and there are more.... this is just a sampling of nuggets that God uses in me to encourage me and help me focus on Him. memorizing scripture is so important; and so is being able to encapsulate great theological truths in simple, meaningful statements.
~lynnie
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