A friend asked me to pray for her. She says she has anger issues, and the devil is after her. Here’s my advice. Eliminate the devil from the perspective. I told her to look at it for what it is. God tests His own to mature them. It could be called chastisement by some, but I consider it to be life circumstances. I turn circumstances into challenges.

From tackling those issues I’ve found over time I’m able to handle bigger circumstances without wringing my hands. Folks, my blood pressure is the nearest to normal it’s ever been over the years by following this method. It may help you by realizing God wants you to be a better more mature Christian. Maturity is another word for perfection. I don’t shy away from perfection. I do strive for maturity and being almost 74 years old I still feel I have a lot of growing to do. God knows I’ve fallen down more times than I can count, but I keep getting up. It’s worth the journey.

Just one last thing. This past week I got a bill for my auto insurance. It went up $465 a month. I felt there must be some mistake. Well, there was a mistake. They had Libby’s license number one number off and they put her in as an inexperienced driver like she was sixteen. But alas, even after the readjustment it was still $151 a month more than the last six months and before. I still questioned it, and they were adamant that was the story. I was beginning to lose it. That’s almost twice what I was paying. So I did some shopping and went on a search and the agent told me he would help. After his search, he came back he said your company is the cheapest, BUT, if he was to rewrite me a new policy with the same company it was save me $10 a month. Hey, $10 is $10. So now I have a new policy that is through the ceiling.

Why am I telling you this? It’s one of those circumstances I was relating to above. I made an inquiry to God about it. Can you figure out what He told me? It was a simple answer. “Have I not been sufficient for you?” Well, shut my mouth. The challenge became the answer. God is sufficient. Now I have nothing to say except I learned another lesson. How to lean on God more than I have done in the past. That’s growth.