My Soul Cries Out

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
(Psalms 42:11 KJV)

I’ve been working on memorizing scripture, which is not going so well, because I’m really bad at it, but anyways this was the scripture that I pulled up today. I get daily scriptures emailed to me, then I save my favorites to a bible verse file. This is really helpful, since memorizing them doesn’t always go so well. This morning I went with one of the first emails I had saved and this was the scripture that it took me to. 

This scripture was perfect, because my countenance was definitely a little off this morning. I felt like I had major PMS, but I no longer have that issue, so I knew that wasn’t it. I really do love this piece of scripture when I am feeling out of sorts. It is really a good reminder to me that my Spirit is under attack. I need to examine why I am feeling the way I am feeling. Why is my countenance (attitude, outlook, emotions, demeanor, composure) not in line with God’s desire for me? When I feel this way I know that I am not reaping the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, long  suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, & temperance). Instead I am void of them.

My solution? Well, it was to read and really meditate on this piece of scripture; realize that I was under attack; and pray. This helped me pretty quickly, but I also got out and did something fun. I went for a ride with my husband on our ATVs. In doing this I stopped dwelling on the way I was feeling and just turned it all over to God. I have to say that right now my soul is no longer disquieted and my countenance is doing much better. As I write I am enjoying the fruits of the Spirit.

God bless you and may you enjoy the fruits of the Spirit today as well.