God's Calling Us to...

PEACE IN A PEACELESS WORLD --

WHEN you go through something that's your worst personal nightmare, when you pray at night that you won't wake up in the morning--I've felt that. I never considered taking my life, but there were times I did not want to wake up in the morning. I remember praying, "God, if there is any mercy left in Your heart for me, please take me home." Since I went through my hospitalization I've had dark moments, but I've never felt hopeless.

We have this bizarre idea that if you love God enough and live a fairly decent life, life will be easy. There's nothing in Scripture to support that. Christ said, "In this world you will have tribulations. But don't worry, because I've overcome what is in this world" (John 16:33). I still have dark days; in fact, yesterday was one of them. I felt sad all day for no particular reason. So I went out to my car, put on some music, and I began to sing to the Lord.

That's what I love about the Psalms of David. They were not supposed to be something we read for five minutes at night, then we close the book and go to bed. Those were the songs of the church that the people sang together, and they sang them out loud. They sang out their pain, and they sang out their joy, and that's what I do, too. That's what I encourage people to do who struggle as I have with depression. Get your Bible, open to Psalms, and pray them out loud. Pray them on days when tears are rolling down your face, and pray them on the days when you are laughing.

--SHEILA WALSH

God's Calling
FOR ME....

One of God's greatest gifts is peace, the stillnes of the soul resting in His Presence. Our confidence is that He is complete and is completely in charge. In the quiet of prayer, in the reading of the Scriptures. He meets with us and gives us His peace.

CALLING OUT...TO GOD---
'Thank You for overcoming the world. My confidence in You is sure because of who You are.'

Sheila Walsh/ God's Calling..... Searching for your purpose in life