"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail."

Man, how easy is it to get consumed with the world around us! Today (and pretty much this entire week) I have been feeling not like myself. I have been down about some of my friends not meeting my expectations, relationships, financial situations, etc. I've been thinking about these things so much that my entire attitude is different. I'm not happy, not laughing, matter of fact - I'm mostly crying b/c my world is becoming overwhelming. I feel alone and emotionally unstable! This morning, this devotion really spoke to me. It reminded me that because of Christ's love we don't have to be consumed. Christ is our stability! Goodness! The person who wrote the devotion said that He is the constant in our life...when everything around us changes we have hope in the fact that He stays the same! Today I'm going to try to focus on Christ being my strength and on all the positive things that come w/that instead of all the negativity and stress of this world around me...

...and i believe that in that I will find peace...

Life is a process - the phat part is that God understands that we don't always get it right, but each new day He allows us to try again...

"They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'"