Stagnant Times

How many of us have ever felt stagnant? It is as if nothing is happening and the world has left us behind. Your family and friends are progressing, heck, even turtles are moving faster than us... and many times we just sit, lay, and pout. I tend to wonder if we have been paused to get our gears straight, reach the throne of God through prayer, recollect our thoughts, and press the gas forward. I am a string believer that things happen fir a reason... even when we are feeling stagnant... take it as an opportunity to get even closer to God. Don't pout! Ever see children pouting in s store because their parent won't buy them a toy? I imagine that is how God sees us when we pout. He gives us the things we truly need, but we pout over the things we truly don't need. Like our parent, they provide for us, the things we truly need, but pout over a toy we truly do not need. God is so good in the times things are moving smoothly and in the times they just might feel like things are stagnant. In both, take the time to pray, praise, and be thankful. Our greatest example of prayer through hard times when but a second or two can seem stagnant for days can be read in Luke 22:39-43. Yeshua prayed through the end of His last days on earth being in the flesh. We can overcome anything through Yeshua. Pray my brothers and sisters... and when you are done praying... pray some more. Visit Yeshua at the Eucharist... let Him be your Shepherd through the good times and the challenging times. God loves us in each moment of our life. Amen

Mark David Grijalva Peres
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