When In Trouble …;Day292

Psa 50:15  Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.

When in trouble, what do you do?  This is a very hard question because it is so general and the scope is so wide especially if you ask this type of question that pertains to a lifetime mistake or a decision failure that cascades into several minor issues.  One thing leads to another and the more you face the trouble/problem, the deeper the hole you dug for yourself….  that you cannot get out or pull yourself out from the pit. Imagine yourself inside a deep dry well, there is no rope, there is no ladder, there is no way for you to get out from the situation, what will be your exit strategy? As I mentioned before, I am helping friends recover from difficult situations, job loss, relationship problems, divorce, financial problems, marital problems, teen problems, health problems, work related problems and I honestly provided them with some wisdom just to get started on the recovery process.  Sometimes, I brainstormed with them on what to do, what’s the next step, what are other options available.  However, there are times that I feel guilty of not really telling them one thing when trouble comes and that is Psalm 50:15.  There are only a few friends that I can say Psalm 50:15 directly/openly because when people does not believe what you believed, they will just look at you like you are crazy and out of this world. 

My day job is to fix problems (electrical, mechanical, pneumatics,electronics, computers, networking), some problems are easy to fix and some are just so complicated and there are times that I face difficult problems with no solutions in sight.  Lately, we were mandated to write a standard operating procedure so that when the same problem arise, we have a procedure to follow (LEAN-Standardized Work).  That is a great idea, any one can just read the procedure and fix the problem.  I started writing one last week and as I gathered all the screen capture and inserted the pictures to the procedure, I questioned ‘myself what if the situation is slightly different?’ What shall I put when a situation in step1 is not what I expected to be in the procedure.  I was not able to continue my documentation and left it unfinished for now. Same thing with life, people attempted to write HOWTO’s, recovery books, self help books, articles on how to recover financially, articles on how to survive a life disaster, there are so many out there and I’ve read a few.  My favorite book long time ago was Dale Carnegie’s “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”.  (phrases like “… “if you have a lemon, make a lemonade” “today is a new life”, “everyday is a brand new day”, “live in day tight compartments”.  I did not have time to researched Dale Carnegie and his personal background but his writings are inspirational and uplifting.  Amazingly, he wrote “The perfect way to conquer worry-PRAYER.  If I am given the chance to republish his book, I would place Psalm 50:15 on the cover and the first page will look like this:

STEP 0
I know that you are in a hurry to read my book “How To Stop Worrying and Start Living” but before you do that, I want you to go somewhere where it is very dark and quite (a closet will do fine) and I want you to cry to GOD and offload anything that bothers you.  Talk to God all the tiny details of your trouble and be very specific.  Ask questions, talk to Him as though he is there beside you.  When the crying begins, keep crying until there is no more tears left in your eyes.  When you ran out of words, just sit still and start talking in your mind.  Be very sensitive in all the things that comes to mind.  Those are the words that is coming from the Holy Spirit.  Listen to those words as if it is planted inside your heart.

STEP 0.0
Repeat STEP 0 everyday until you die.

In short, when in trouble, PRAY … because He said He is our Savior and He wants us to glorify Him after the storm (not us being glorified because we are so smart)

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 30Mile Cycling (temperature in Round Rock is now in the 60’s, hmmm.. will see)
2. Continue reading SBS2003 Admin book
3. Research an affordable pickup truck (Canyon/Colorado/Frontier/Tacoma on the list) for cc (winning the battle for cheaper vehicle plus my new toy)

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0700, Breakfast; journal;
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2400, Sleep