"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for out transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
So many thoughts, concerns, consternations, choices, going through my mind right now. Sometimes I just wish that life could be simpler, that all of the right answers were right there in front of us. And yet, they are, but we have to discern which answer is the right one and which ones are either of the devil, or are "less right." That is where the Lord comes in to play. The weight of one's future can destroy a person if they let it. How merciful and loving the Lord is. Every pain, every sorrow, every offense, every negative emotion we have felt, Christ has also felt that. He truly has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. So why can't we let him continue to do so? He begs us to let him do that for us. And in doing so, we create a bond, a relationship with him that only brings us closer to him. Letting Christ help us make our choices takes much of the pressure off of us, as well as the fact that letting him be a part of our decision making process will most definitely give us a higher chance of making the correct decision (based on how well we listen and follow through).
But why is it that some choices we make seem to weigh on our souls so heavily that we can't seem to let Christ help? Why is it that we still feel as though we're alone on certain decisions, or that his help isn't valid, or isn't enough? Why is it that when we think we've come to a decision on something after seeking the guidance of the Lord, and then that decision doesn't turn out to be what we thought it would be, are we so quick to judge and to blame and to feel sorry for ourselves? Maybe the Lord is trying our faith to make sure that we are as committed as we claim to be? Maybe he makes it seem as though things aren't going to work out, but in reality if we just push through the difficult and seemingly insurmountable odds, the decision we came to will actually turn out to be what we hoped it would be. There definitely are a plethora of historical situations that support that last hypothesis. Maybe there is something that needs to change about us that will make something possible that would otherwise seem impossible, and the Lord keeps it that way until we do change.
The Lords ways are so hard to understand, yet they are so simple at the same time. If we truly live the gospel, every tiny tid bit of it, then nothing will ever defeat us because we will always have the strength and guidance of the Lord, and the comfort of the Holy Spirit. It is when we sin, or when we forget who we are that we let ourselves get feeling down, or feel defeated, or feel inadequate. We are sons and daughters of God. Nothing will ever, nothing CAN ever take that away from us. And with that we are entitled to so many blessings and such heavenly support that makes believing anything contrary an obvious farce.
And it all begins and ends with clean hands and a pure heart. After that, everything else follows.
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