2-16pm
If you ever wanted to see Helga have a meltdown, you should have been a fly on the kitchen wall last night! In order to make good come out of my angry, frustrated outburst, I did the dishes!!! It sounds tame, but you should have seen me….I was causing waves in the sink, chucking knives into the cutlery holder, throwing cups into the water. It was a real display of a seldom occurring event. Helga having a monumental meltdown! Oooh it felt good! The only bad thing were all the things I said, which I didn’t mean. Fortunately no one, apart from Mike (and the Lord) was around to hear them and nothing got broken! After I had calmed down and rather ashamedly crept into bed, Mike – that wonderful, amazing man I am married to, took me in his arms. He also admitted he felt a bit better about my outburst because he felt the same way!
Aaaah!
Sometimes I think it is absolutely the right thing to do to go to a remote area, in a windy place, where no one can hear you and scream at the top of your voice!
There was just too much bad and not enough good going on. I’d had enough! David’s car is not working. There is too much stuff in my house that has to be cleared out. Mavis is not doing a good enough job cleaning. Granny….poor soul…has major bladder issues, which are not doing me any favours! I was fed up. I wrote Mavis a letter instructing her on what I want cleaned and what she must do for Granny. A guy is coming to look at the car in a few minutes. The house will get sorted out soon. When I got home today, Mavis had followed instructions and I was a lot happier at what she had done. The problem with Mavis is communication. She cannot speak English and I cannot speak Xhosa. Granny can understand Xhosa but cannot speak…English or Xhosa! :-/
I’m normal then!!
There’s only one thing to do! Remain Steadfast, Keep the Faith! I recently began reading Isaiah and this morning read chapters 6 & 7. Isaiah 7:9b says, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”‘
I’ve read Isaiah several times before but I’ve never noticed this verse. In the Amplified Version, it says, “If you will not believe and trust in and rely on God, surely you will not be established nor will you remain.”
There is only one way forward and that is by having faith in God and standing firm in it. Without it, you will not stand at all. There is no other way. Faith in Christ is what the aim of this life is all about. Finding faith in Christ – coming to faith in Christ and walking a life of faith in Christ. That is what we are born into this life to do. And so we must do it. Don’t waiver – don’t look to the right or the left. Don’t look back. Keep right on going – forward, in faith, believing, fellowshipping, steeping yourself in the Word of God, seeking His face in prayer, trusting and relying on God. That way we will stand firm in our faith. If we do not, we will not stand at all.
Makes life so much simpler – stand firm in your faith!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂