Down but not Out

This has to be one of the toughest emotions to deal with. You get knocked down by someone or something, and the next thing you know your mind plays head games with you. That's usually the devil, or the itty-bitty committee, as we call it, that is trying to dominate your reaction to the situation.

Tuesday I had one of those days, wrote down 75 vehicles to buy and ended up with 1. It was as if I had walked into the middle of a frenzy, nothing was going right. I left there a beaten man, all that effort and no results. I'm sure you can relate.

But, I must admit, The Lord has shown me where to find the strength to rebound, to wipe off the aroma of defeat and put on the hope of a better day. I read this in Proverbs: 

"If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength."

Made me think of John the Baptist, Paul in jail, the disciples as they watched their Messiah die....they were down, but not out. Momentarily they suffered but the hope of faith and enduring a temporary setback help build character. That is something I totally lacked in younger using days.

So after reading the Proverb, I rebounded quite nicely the last two days, The Lord sustained me. Now I think, why would I ever let that committee meet in my head when all I had to do was cancel the meeting and go read a good wise book?

Down, but never out...He made us to love redemption!