,Have you been properly caring for your soul this week? Peeking into it so you are aware of what's in it, and pouring it out to the Lord so that He can heal what ails it? Trust in Him at all times ye people, pout out your heart before Him: God is a refuge - Ps 62:8. The Lord is my shepherd...He restoreth my soul - Ps23:1a,3a. When we pour out our souls, crying out to God in faith, not only does He hear us, but He also provides the needed nurture and healing for our souls: This pour man cried and the Lord heard him and save him out of all his troubles - Ps 34:6; Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you - IPeter 5:7. It is so important to make it a daily habit to pour out before the Lord all of the negative emotions, reactions and energy that we have stored in our souls so that one, we don't lash out at someone else. Remember pour out so that you don't lash out: ...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh - Matt 12:34b. Secondly, we need to pour out so that daily the Lord can pour into us. As we honestly and by faith (believing He hears us and will care for us) cry out to God, pouring out the anger, bitterness, shame and irritation, He begins to pour in His joy and peace. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Imagine God with a pitcher of joy in one hand and a pitcher filled with peace in the other, pouring each into our souls. The Holy Ghost takes the belief we have and stirs it up with that joy and peace and it turns into hope. God's joy and peace when mixed with our belief makes hope through the power of the Holy Ghost. Hope begins to bubble up in our soul in abundance, so now we are overflowing and sharing hope with others: out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. pouring out so He can pour in, Diane p.s. keep talking to Jesus, pouring out without pretense, realizing we don't have to pretend we are something we are not. Believe that He hears your cries and will make you whole. Withiin our soul is our will, personality and the seat of our emotions (see Soul Searching post). Because every emotional response to all that we have experienced and been exposed to is housed in the soul, it is essential that we constantly peek into our soul so that we are aware of what's in it and learn to pour out our soul to the Lord so He can heal what ails it. No one demonstrates the importance of peeking into the soul and pouring out the soul to the Lord more than Hannah in I Samuel. Hannah was barren, unable to bear children. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore - I Sam 1:10. Hannah peeked into her soul and saw bitterness, rejection, discouragement, despair, anguish, guilt and shame. Hannah didn't just casually peek into her soul, nor did she pretend like she didn't feel all these negative emotions; instead, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord...Eli thought she had been drunken. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord - I Sam 1:12a,13b,15. Hannah saw all that was in her soul and she poured it out before the Lord so that He could heal what ailed her soul. We too must constantly peek into our souls so that we become aware of all the negative emotions and reactions to the things that have been said to us, done to us and all the things we have experienced. These negative emotions are preventing our souls from being whole, and does not allow us to be filled with joy, peace and hope. What can we do? Like Hannah we must pour out our soul before the Lord. Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge - Ps 62:8. Our souls are like wet rags soaking with emotional baggage that needs to be wrung out before the lover of our soul. We must pour out our bitterness, anger, fear, resentment, blame, disappointment, frustration, indifference, jealousy and anything else that is in our soul. Pour it out to the Lord because He provides a safe place to do so. We must be willing to turn our soul inside out, emptying everything before Him. When we are willing to pour out our soul before the Lord, He heals what ails it: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul...(Ps 23:1-3a). He refreshes us from all the negative stuff in our soul and restores life. Pouring out our soul not only ensures it will be restored but also helps to prevent us from unleashing all those negative emotions onto someone else. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles - Ps 34:6. learning to pour out my soul daily, Diane p.s. practice pouring out your soul daily to the Lord. Work on every time you feel some kind of way, pouring out your soul to the Lord. p.p.s. Pouring out your soul is great to do before you have that conversation. Pour out before you lash out! |
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