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Are you having a bad day? // Está tendo um dia ruim?



“67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
    but now I obey your word.
68 You are good, and what you do is good;
    teach me your decrees.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted
    so that I might learn your decrees.
72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Psalm 119: 67 – 68, 71 – 72

The story of my life. Before I have fibromyalgia I went astray, but now (many years later) I obey your word. Some people find hard to accept what the world may call fate. I say that sometimes it is teachings. We all should learn something new, every day. What new have you learned today? Were you able to hold your tongue? Or even your thoughts? Did you regret anything? Someone said something to you that made you stop and think? Or you are the kind that you think you are always right, that you have the right, that you deserve, because…
But when something bad happens you are the first to search for someone to blame, and sometimes you blame yourself. Meh! Self-pity doesn’t help.
Many people still don’t understand why I am so ok with Fibromyalgia, or I am so ok in my actual state of living, not working.
It is easier when we accept the teachings, the sufferings, the trials. It is easier when our eyes are fixed on Jesus all the time. We would see that He bore so much more for us, that our trials next to His are nothing. If our eyes were always fixed on Jesus, we could be able to understand the lessons He is giving us to make us better Christians, better person.
In verse 71 says I might learn your decrees or statutes in another version. See, we have a hard head, that if weren’t for the sufferings we might never get to the point that Jesus wants us, or how Jesus wants us to be. We learn through experiences. “…but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” Romans 5:3 – 5.
We, as Christian, must not be surprised when the trials come, the persecutions, the slandering, the family problems, the health issues; we must put all that before the Lord in prayer and seek what it is the God wants us to see; what trace in us He is perfecting, what sin in us He is setting us free from. He loved us, and He knows that if life is too easy, we will go astray, and we will never learn His statutes.
1 Peter 4:12- 13; 5:10-11 says, “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange was happening to you. 13 But rejoice in as much as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
5:10 - 11 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power forever and ever. Amen.”.

Rejoice He, himself will restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. This is a promise. We, as Christian, are not supposed to have an easy life but share Christ’s sufferings. I rejoice because being afflicted with so many trials that come and go, and Fibromyalgia made me a different person, and now I can say I obey His word.
“67 Antes de ser afligido, eu andava desviado,
mas agora obedeço à tua palavra.
68 Tu és bom, e o que fazes é bom;
ensina-me os teus decretos.
71 Foi bom para mim ter sido castigado,
    para que aprendesse os teus decretos.
72 Para mim vale mais a lei que decretaste
    do que milhares de peças de prata e ouro. Salmos 119: 67 - 68, 71 - 72

A história da minha vida. Antes de ter fibromialgia eu me perdi(me afastei de Deus), mas agora (muitos anos depois) eu obedeço a sua palavra. Algumas pessoas acham difícil aceitar o que o mundo pode chamar de destino. Eu digo que às vezes são ensinamentos. Todos nós devemos aprender algo novo todos os dias. O que de novo você aprendeu hoje? Você conseguiu segurar sua língua? Ou até mesmo seus pensamentos? Você se arrependeu de alguma coisa? Alguém disse algo para você que fez você parar e pensar? Ou você é do tipo que você acha que está sempre certo, que você tem o direito, que você merece, porque ...
Mas quando algo de ruim acontece você é o primeiro a procurar alguém para culpar, e às vezes você se culpa. Meh! A autocompaixão não ajuda.
Muitas pessoas ainda não entendem por que estou tão bem com a Fibromialgia, ou estou muito bem no meu estado atual de vida, não trabalhando.
É mais fácil quando aceitamos os ensinamentos, os sofrimentos, as provações. É mais fácil quando nossos olhos estão fixos em Jesus o tempo todo. Nós vemos que Ele suportou muito mais para nós, que nossas provações próximas as dele não são nada. Se nossos olhos estivessem sempre fixos em Jesus, poderíamos entender as lições que Ele está nos dando para nos tornar melhores cristãos, melhor pessoa.
No versículo 71 diz que eu poderia aprender seus decretos ou estatutos em outra versão. Veja, nós temos uma cabeça dura, que se não fosse pelos sofrimentos, nunca poderíamos chegar ao ponto de que Jesus nos quer, ou como Jesus quer que sejamos. Nós aprendemos através das experiências. “… Mas nos regozijamos em nossos sofrimentos, sabendo que o sofrimento produz perseverança, 4 e perseverança produz caráter, e caráter produz esperança, 5 e a esperança não nos envergonha, porque o amor de Deus foi derramado em nossos corações pelo Espírito Santo que nos foi dado” Romanos 5: 3 - 5.
Nós, como cristãos, não devemos nos surpreender quando os julgamentos vêm, as perseguições, a difamação, os problemas familiares, os problemas de saúde; devemos colocar tudo isso diante do Senhor em oração e buscar o que é que Deus quer que vejamos; Que traço em nós Ele está aperfeiçoando, que pecado em nós Ele está nos libertando. Ele nos amou e sabe que, se a vida for fácil demais, nos desviaremos e nunca aprenderemos seus estatutos.
1 Pedro 4: 12-13; 5:10 -11 diz: “Queridos amigos, não fiquem surpresos com a provação de fogo que veio sobre você para testá-lo, como se algo estranho estivesse acontecendo com você. 13 Mas regozije-se em quanto você participa dos sofrimentos de Cristo, para que você possa ser feliz quando a sua glória é revelada.
5:10 - 11 E o Deus de toda a graça, que te chamou para a sua glória eterna em Cristo, depois de teres sofrido um pouco, ele mesmo te restaurará e te fará forte, firme e constante. Para ele ser o poder para todo o sempre. Amém.".

Alegra-se, Ele mesmo irá restaurar você e torná-lo forte, firme e constante. Isso é uma promessa. Nós, como cristãos, não devemos ter uma vida fácil, mas compartilhar os sofrimentos de Cristo. Eu me regozijo porque estou aflito com tantas provações que vêm e vão, e a fibromialgia me fizeram uma pessoa diferente, e agora posso dizer que obedeço a sua palavra.

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