Strife In Life

  Can Strife ever help us?

 One thing that we do not like
to have within our lives
is of course problems.
But sometimes those problems
can lead to strife.

We can know and also
experience this when we have
problems, or from the topic of
the blog for yesterday,
when we have opposition.
 
Some believe that you
cannot have strife without
another individual being involved,
however that is not always the case.

Of course the main source
of strife in our lives
does come from others,
yet this can also come
from within ourselves.

We can contend with ourselves,
and struggle and strive within ourselves
over a great many different
things and issues.

How many times though,
do we know and receive
and experience strife
when we are with
those who always should
help and support us.

Even with those that belong
to the church
we can still have strife;
why though is this so?

Simply because even though
those that belong to the church are 
Christians, yet the truth also
is that they also are human
with flaws and weaknesses
just the same as us.

Because we can also be 
the cause of the situation that
brings the strife that can affect
both ourselves and others.

We hate it, yet we can also
cause it, whether we intend
this or not.

Within our lives we
need to learn to live as the
bible shows, even though at
times this can be hard.

As this would mean us
yielding when we do not 
believe we have any reason
to, or we believe that we ourselves
are in the right.

What we have to realise is,
that it is not really
yielding to others,
but giving more of ourselves
that we hold onto
to God.



Comments

  1. Emilia Evans8 May 2017 at 00:33

    Very encouraging words. We all need to find ourselves giving more to God each day as he is the one who can help us in times of trouble and when we are facing strife.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Listening

 Do people always listen?  One thing that is certain is that people want to be heard. We all want people to listen to what we have to say, whether they are someone that we know well or not. There can of course be many different topics of conversation,  dependant upon your listeners one subject may be more interesting than another to some. But sometimes when an individual is talking, they can tell that the one they are speaking to is not really listening. It could be that they may have other things upon their minds at that time or it could be that they just are not interested in what is said. Within the Church though, can this or does this happen?  When we speak to other Christians within the Church to which we belong, we should expect them to listen. Also we should also ourselves be prepared to listen to  what people say, it may be that they have a need of either advice or just some...
Read more

Something New

 Do you try anything new?  When a thing is new, it holds interest and can catch the attention of many. Whereas, when something is not new it needs sometimes a new way of doing it, something that will catch peoples' attention once again. What new things catch your attention? This can  be different for many people, a s people have different  interests, likes and dislikes. For some it can be a new car, for others it can be a new house, or possibly  for some it could be a new job. It may also be a new type of food which you have never tasted before, or a new hobby. Perhaps a new television or computer that comes out catches your attention, o r a new film or song that has been released.  Within the Church there can be new things, but also sometimes it can appear that there has not been anything new for some time. It is of course important to bring new things and ideas into the Chu...
Read more

Commands

How many commands have you broken? There possibly are quite a  few commands which we have received within our lives. Some of the commands which we may have received though we may not quite take  as a command, or understand that it was  an actual command. In peoples' careers or places of employment, sometimes a command is given to an employee and it may not be seen as such or taken as a request  or suggestion. There are also those who are in authority, such as  politicians or those within the military who also give commands, but these expect to be obeyed. Which of course they  should be, and unless the individual wishes to be reprimanded in  some way, their commands  are followed. Why though within the Church do some not  then follow the same  example, as for example soldiers who follow their commanding officers' commands as they are given. This of course...
Read more