{"id":5051,"date":"2022-02-23T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:13:32","slug":"i-didnt-see-you-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/i-didnt-see-you-there\/","title":{"rendered":"I Didn\u2019t See You There"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You know, we read and write about the Lord preparing a table before us in the presence of our enemies, and it\u2019s true, but think about this.<\/h6>\n
We have the Lord, our best friend, right beside us all the time. We seem to forget that, though, and our focus is on the wrong person, either ourselves or the enemy, and so often we take the Lord for granted.<\/h6>\n
We should welcome the Lord to our table at each meal and when we are gathering together with friends or family, it\u2019s the Lord we should invite into the conversation, to be aware of His, presence.<\/h6>\n
This morning I was convicted about how I responded to some things discussed recently. There was good food, good fellowship, but our conversation was more about our troubles than our blessings. I mean, it\u2019s OK to discuss challenges in our lives. But I feel like the focus was more on what was going wrong than giving God glory. No condemnation or criticism just sharing my heart and what the Lord was showing me this morning.<\/h6>\n
I asked myself these questions. \u201cWhere was my heart? What am I complaining about? Are my words speaking life? Am I recognizing that the King of Heaven is present, listening to every word I speak? Did I set a Godly example?\u201d I had to repent.<\/h6>\n
Each day is a gift from the Lord. Yes, there will be many things to overcome in a day. But we must remember and be aware that Jesus is in every challenge with us. We can face anything; any foe, any decision, any heartache, or sickness, or lack of funds, any setbacks or delays, if we simply remember we\u2019re not going through it alone.<\/h6>\n
Jesus is standing in our very presence. His Holy Spirit is in us and if we give him our undivided attention, He certainly will do the same.<\/h6>\n
For just a moment, take a minute and stop all the fretting, all the complaining and look up! Jesus is waiting patiently for us to recognize He is present.<\/h6>\n
\u201cJesus, I didn\u2019t see you standing there. I\u2019m so sorry Lord. Forgive me for ignoring you.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Jesus smiles, holds out his hand to take yours and says, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be OK child. Now that I\u2019ve got your attention, let\u2019s do this together.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cOk Lord!\u201d<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill February 23, 2022<\/h6>\n
Mark 4:38-40\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Easy-to-Read Version<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
38\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>Jesus was inside the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The followers went and woke him. They said, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care about us? We are going to drown!\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
39\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>Jesus stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. He said, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind stopped, and the lake became calm.<\/em><\/h6>\n
40\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>He said to his followers, \u201cWhy are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Isaiah 43:1\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>New King James Version\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Redeemer of Israel<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
43 <\/em><\/strong>But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: \u201cFear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called\u00a0you\u00a0by your name; You are Mine<\/strong>.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Psalm 19:14\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>King James Version<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
14\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O\u00a0Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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You know, we read and write about the Lord preparing a table before us in the presence of our enemies, and it\u2019s true, but think about this. We have the Lord, our best friend, right beside us all the time. We seem to forget that, though, and our focus is on the wrong person, either…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-1jt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5051"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5054,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions\/5054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}