Discouraged...

 

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Discouragement 

 

Prisoner Gary Stephen escaped from castle Huntly prison near Dundee Scotland back in 2006. He hadn’t seen his 35 year old girlfriend Tracy Miller in more than 6 months… when he gets to her house he finds out she is 4 months pregnant… he was so despondent he called the police, turned himself in and wanted to go back to prison…. and the police showed up and took him back to jail.

Talk disappointment… you risk your life, you risk more prison time, you escape at great peril… you are going to prove your love to your girlfriend…. 

Now that would be discouraging… 

 

how you deal with discouragement will dictate a lot of how well you live your life and the quality of your life. 

 

 

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10).

 

 

So how does God strengthen you?

So lets state the obvious 

Read your bible - yes a definite no brainer, but I like to read it and where it says Jesus did this… I substitute my name- understanding that God called me to do above and beyond what he did. 

Pray - again, a no brainer… but don’t wait till things are bad… pray always. So when things get bad you don’t feel guilty praying…. ok

Seek counsel from pastors and friends… This also is a great idea and you have to have some time where you have invested into friends so that you have them to gain counsel from. 

But here are my go to ways to defeat discouragement..

I have talked about my awesome jar in the past an idea I got from Tim Ferris and his book Tools of Titans book. If you are not familiar with it, you basically collect stories from your life where God showed up and did amazing things.

I just write out these little stories on small note paper and fold it up and I have a big glass jar that I put them in. I have stories of checks showing up in my mailbox for thousands. Healings, God speaking through me to others, leading people to Christ. Praying over people who are healed from cancer. Watching God take my joblessness and giving me a fantastic job I never thought I would land… lots of stories.

But it basically reminds me that I have had many down times, many discouraging times and God waded through my mess and drowned me in hope and joy. 

So thats my first go to… my second go to is I have a few people that I can call and talk to any time who will give me joy, hope and fire breathing prayers. Typically just one phone call with one of those guys and I am ready to walk on hot coals, jump off a skyscraper and fly, I am ready to bet the house that Jesus is going to show up and meet me right where I need it most. 

Plus these are the people who tell me their stories of discouragement and how God met them.
You know misery loves company… especially the company that has been there, done that and had God show up.