{"id":3321,"date":"2020-09-01T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T09:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2020-09-01T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T09:19:14","slug":"look-up-and-resist-self-pity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/?p=3321","title":{"rendered":"Look up and resist self pity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3325 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/paper-3097505_640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/paper-3097505_640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/paper-3097505_640-624x415.jpg 624w, https:\/\/lionchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/paper-3097505_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Shalom woman of God and beloved and precious, You precious pearl, You are beautiful&#8230; You are His bride&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">had an invitation card for a shoe store here in my area in the mailbox &#8230; the front was this saying<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If I ever let my head hang down, then only to admire my shoes !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">There is a wonderful promise in the bible that fits this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Messiah reveals his mission in the book of Isaiah 61<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>And freedom to prisoners,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>2 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>And the day of vengeance and retribution of our God,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>To comfort all who mourn,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>3 To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>To give them a turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The oil of joy instead of mourning,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">AMP version<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Much blessing wishes you Sabine &#8230; may the Lord fill your mouth with laughter and give you ever lasting joy &#8230; may the Lord expel all dark thoughts and everything that wants to depress and grieve you may flee &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Shalom woman of God and beloved and precious, You precious pearl, You are beautiful&#8230; You are His bride&#8230; had an invitation card for a shoe store here in my area in the mailbox &#8230; the front was this saying If I ever let my head hang down, then only to admire my shoes ! 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