Choose Your Hiding Place Wisely!
July 17, 2013 Leave a comment
“You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.” Psalm 119:114 AMP
“A hiding place-a place suitable for hiding; a place of escape; or a place/act to separate yourself from an event or calamity or problems.”
What do you do when something bad happens? Where do you go when things don’t go in your projected outcome? What do you do when you think you failed? What is the first thing do you grab when your day was so exhausting and filled with failures, insults and demeaning events or conversation? What do you do when you can’t find a stable source of income to finance your family? What do you do when your doctor told you that your body is failing and you might not live more than a month? What do you do when someone close to you dies? What do you do when you become a victim of betrayal with the person whom you loved so dearly?
No matter how we train ourselves to prepare for these disasters or inconveniences in life, there is no escape from reality. We will go though these painful experiences no matter what (some, not all). That is the bottom line-we will one day be subjective to a very difficult situation.
Many of us had created a few defenses to deal with difficult situations. We turn to friends for counsel. We turn to mature figures like our parents or relatives for advices. Some will resort to alcohol to drown themselves from seeing or feeling the pain. Some will resort to drugs and sex for temporary comfort. Some will inflict pain to the physical body so that the physical pain overrides the emotional pain. A few of us will take up endurance sports to numb our mind from the emotional pain and suffering. Some will pack their bags and disappear to another remote country and start over.
My favorite hiding places:
1. Long distance cycling
2. Long distance swimming
3. Reading books.
4. Solving problems(anything that requires thinking)
5. Organizing my life daily
6. I read the Bible daily right after waking up
7. I blog about what I read in the Bible
8. Prayer
9. I go to Church every Sunday
10. I mentor anyone that comes in contact with me.
My best hiding place-The presence of God.
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