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\u201cNegative news.<\/em><\/p>\n Uncontrollable circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n Difficult people. <\/em><\/p>\n Acknowledge that they exist.\u00a0 Admit they are painful.\u00a0 Deal with them as necessary.\u00a0 But do NOT reward them by allowing them to remain on the center stage of your life\u201d ~~Tammy Maseberg (10\/23\/12)<\/em><\/p>\n The first three things listed above are a part of life.\u00a0 If you are alive, you will meet up with each one at some point\u2014probably many times over.\u00a0 In fact, some days may bring all of them in the span of a few hours.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Acknowledge that they exist.<\/strong> We have to face what is before us, no matter how unpleasant.\u00a0 I found that sometimes it helps to admit a difficulty is there, instead of using all my energy to avoid it.\u00a0 Jesus was very clear that we would have trouble.\u00a0 \u201cHere on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.\u201d\u00a0 John 16:33, NLT<\/em><\/p>\n 2. Admit they are painful.<\/strong> It\u2019s okay to say, \u201cThis hurts.\u201d\u00a0 Once I allowed myself to acknowledge this, I found that I was more able to deal with whatever was in front of me.\u00a0 And, it dissipated the guilt of thinking I should be handling the situation better than I was. \u201cTrouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.\u201d\u00a0 (Psalm 119:143, NAS)<\/em><\/p>\n 3. Deal with them as necessary.<\/strong> Sometimes you have to confront and take care of stuff, but sometimes you don\u2019t.\u00a0 Choose what battles or situations or relationships are worthy of your time and energy to engage in and work on.\u00a0 It\u2019s true that there are some of those we cannot just walk away from.\u00a0 So, how can we discern what we should do?\u00a0 \u201cIf you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.\u201d\u00a0 (James 1:5, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n But do NOT reward them by allowing them to remain on the center stage of your life.<\/strong> The challenges we are up against don\u2019t have to be all consuming.\u00a0 Trust that God will help you.\u00a0 Focus on Him and His solutions, not always the issues at hand. \u201cTrust in the <\/em>Lord<\/em> with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. <\/sup>Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.\u201d (Proverbs 3:5-6, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n Be encouraged today.\u00a0 No matter what you are facing, God can and wants to help you get through it\u2014one day at a time.<\/p>\n \u201cGive your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don\u2019t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew 6:34, The Message)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a92013 Tammy Maseberg All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u201cNegative news. Uncontrollable circumstances. Difficult people. Acknowledge that they exist.\u00a0 Admit they are painful.\u00a0 Deal with them as necessary.\u00a0 But do NOT reward them by allowing them to remain on the center stage of your life\u201d ~~Tammy Maseberg (10\/23\/12) The first three things listed above are a part of life.\u00a0 If you are alive, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-word-from-tammy-maseberg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}