Come to Me - Matt 11:28-30

I had actually logged on to work on a certain report whose deadline is supposed to be today... but I couldn't resist posting an entry here...

I took a half day off work today, and went to my usual spot for a rendezvous with the Lord. Felt that God was calling me for a time out with Him. Thoroughly enjoyed the time "alone" and the freedom to move around. As usual, I had a few issues to contemplate.

Number 1 is of course about whether to stay on in the organisation. The series of unhappiness and hiccups at work have caused me to seriously consider a job switch. No, my options are not laid out yet, but rumours have been rife that there's gonna be another major reshuffle in the office soon. So I'm adopting a wait, see, and pray attitude for now. I have also been ploughing through the Recruit section of the papers on Sats. The job market seems rather positive. Thankful for that.

I received a surprise call from K yesterday, regarding a peculiar issue. This is something new to me, and hence, this formed issue number 2.

I finished reading the final chapters of the book "The Power of a Praying Woman" by Stormie Omartian. It's amazing how God spoke to me so aptly about negative emotions. Afterall, one of my focus this year was on my thought life... The author described 7 good ways to get free of negative emotions: -
1) Refuse to be anxious
2) Refuse to be ruled by anger
3) Refuse to be dissatisfied
4) Refuse to be envious
5) Refuse to be depressed
6) Refuse to be bitter
7) Refuse to be hopeless

Although we are all susceptible to experiencing these kinds of emotions at one point or another, we don't have to live with them. The Word is full of promises that we can claim whenever such emotions strike. But, the first step is being aware of these negative emotions.

"Lord I refuse to let my life be brought down by negative emotions such as these. I know You have a better quality of life for me than that. When I am tempted to give in to them, show me Your Truth."