Part of Speech: noun
Definition: demand, difficulty
Synonyms: adversity, affliction, albatross, burden, choke, clout, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint,crunch, discipline, distress, drag, duress, exigency, force, full court press, hardship, hassle, heat, hurry, influence, inside track, load, misfortune, necessity, obligation, persuasion, power, press, pressure cooker, pull, requirement, strain, stress, sway, tension, trouble, unnaturalness, urgency, weight
Pretty much sums it all up in the last few days. So many express to me what they expect of me, what I should be doing or how I do things. Apparently time is of the essence so to speak. Romans 13:11 states: And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. K.J.V.
John 20:24-25 reads: Am I wishing to BE asleep? Does this show signs of an inward procrastination? Not to say that my Father has left me with unanswered prayers, yet I may have failed to see what truly is presented before me.
I have 2 missionaries that come to see me pretty much on a weekly basis. one is so shy, the other is a freight train. I dearly love all that have come to see me and share their vision of the gospel of Christ. I have issues that unfortunately (from what I gather) is either my own true doubt because I have not seen nor felt. The other is as stated above as pressure. Am I allowing the pressure of work, family and the struggle to try and accommodate all creating a sense of anxiety to which I am burdened beyond capacity to rationally decide what God has in store for me? The proverbial Doubting Thomas?
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” N.K.J.V.
So, here I sit all broken hearted........... Yeah, I pretty much feel this way right now. disheartened and down trodden, broken and torn, these are the heart felt issues I strive with. May one day God see fit to settle an aging man's heart and heal all wounds. With this I pray Father with gratitude and humility, In the name of your Holy Son Jesus Christ, Amen. Oh by the way the title is a song by Queen( if you didn't already know).
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