Confidant(s) and Antidote

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Confidant(s) 

When I’m feeling low 

And I’m running out of steam 

When I don’t have the words 

And I need much more than sleep. 

When my spirit’s drained

And I can’t absorb a thing 

I just want to pause it all 

And seek an ever giving spring.

I need my confidant(s) 

My God, my living spring 

When I’m running dry 

And I don’t even want to sing.

I need my confidant(s) 

My God, my everything 

When my spirit’s running low 

How I need the rest you bring. 

Tina 

February 12, 2023

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The Treasure of Having Someone to Confide In

God:

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:26-27 (NIV) 

Friends: 

Sweet friendships refresh the soul and awaken our hearts with joy, for good friends are like the anointing oil that yields the fragrant incense of God’s presence. Proverbs 27:9 (TPT) 

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Antidote

She’s searching for some comfort 

To the way she too often feels 

To ease the path that’s weary 

To relieve the joy it steals.

But the advice she keeps on finding 

Isn’t providing for her soul 

They all think they have the antidote 

But they haven’t walked HER weary road. 

Sometimes answers aren’t that simple

Everything isn’t black and white

Their advice might work for some

But they aren’t the authority on life.

There’s only One who can truly lead

Only One who’s voice she’ll trust (John 10:27)

Because every word He speaks with truth

And it comes from a place of love.

So please don’t think you understand 

For if you do, do you truly stand? (1 Corinthians 10:12)

Bear with the weak 

And please take their hands

Let God speak the rest

And heal their land. 

Tina 

February 12, 2023 

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Don’t Be too Quick to Answer and give Absolute Advice 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

 and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him,

 and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Let God Be the Judge: He Judges the Heart

…… God does not view things the way people do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:7

God Will Lead the Way: Encourage yourself and others to seek his counsel and instruction.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my eye upon you. (Psalm 32:8)