hit them while they are down...

I have a friend who is 

 going through a very rough time right now.

You know the saying...

when it rains, it pours. 
She is living it.

I am a Beth Moore fan.

I have done many of her studies and 

I like to watch her on TV.

This very subject came up 

in her study this morning.

We know the enemy Satan has no conscience.

Why wouldn't he hit me with all

his guns when I am down and out?

He is sly and crafty and evil.

Why does God allow it?
Could it be that he still has something
for me?
I get satisfied with my relationship with him.
I get stagnant in my growth.
One thing about troubles,
they can bring me to my knees.
Hmm, where I should be anyway.
Strife brings me to an even deeper relationship 
with Jesus.
There is a whole world of relationship to be had with him.
Sometimes it takes problems to help me
become unsatisfied to where I am at
in my relationship with him.
God is anxious to lift me up 
out of the hurt, despair,
"the pit",
and authenticate my life.
God is insistent about one thing 
in his word in Hebrews 12: 26,27.
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” ²⁷ The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 

I am putting my confidence in Christ and

his unshakeable kingdom,

and not into the world which will crumble.

I ask that you lift my friend in prayer. 

And I pray that if you are hurting, 

if it is "pouring" trouble, 

that you sense his loving arms around you. 

I pray you hear his truth and feel his presence holding you in his shelter.