Encouragement For Those Who Are Struggling
"There's a whole lotta shaking going on" said the Big Bopper. Now more than 55 or more years later a whole lotta people are "are a hurtin for certain:" There are Spiritual Struggles, Emotional Struggles, Relational Struggles, Financial Struggles and Physical struggles. Spiritually folks are blaming God for this, and yet The Lord God Almighty is just waiting to bring about His salvation, if the individual would surrender to Him as Savior rather than blame Him falsely as the source of this "evil" in their lives. Emotionally they are not giving themselves permission to grieve. (And their are numerous sources of grief) Because of the pain (and "messed up" messages people are giving them) they may fear they are "losing their minds" because of the Shock/numbness, the anger that may experience and the depression they may feel. They speak inwardly second guessing themselves (simply bargaining), and they may feel guilty for doing