An Apple a Day

As I walk through this struggle and wonder why Lord must I go through this. I can hear His small still voice tell me that this is not my battle. I ask the Lord if this is not my battle why is everyone throwing apples at me. Just as there are different types of apples we eat, there is different ways others lash out at us wanting to hurt us such as excluding us from their lifes and saying evil things about us. Everytime I get hit, it hurts deep. I have people lashing out at me and getting angry at me and I haven't thrown the first apple. But, the Lord tells me that He is my fortress where I can find safety. He is the Rock on which I stand. He is my comforter and my deliverer. He is my provider. Everytime I get hit with an apple, I can chose to get upset about the apples and cry or I can take those apples and make applesauce, juice, a pie or eat them. Whatever I chose to do with them they can become a blessing or a curse. I must not allow the apples to destroy me but to build up my faith in Christ. The Lord tells me to love those who persecute me and mistreat me. I can take the applesauce or apple juice that I make and share with my enemy. In Romans 12:20 the Lord says if my enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thristy give him drink, in doing this you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not overcome evil by evil but overcome evil with good. In everything I must choose to be a vessel that loves the Lord and desires that everything I face offers Him Glory, Honor and Praise so that others will see Him and His Name with be magnified. If the Lord be lifted up He will draw all men nigh unto Him.