When humans and the world disappoint, we need to remind ourselves of the goodness of God and seek joy and peace!
Accustom yourself to unreasonableness and injustice. Abide in peace in the presence of God, who sees all these evils more clearly than you do, and who permits them. Be content with doing with calmness the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.
—FRANÇOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON
It is rare when injustice, or slights patiently borne, do not leave the heart at the close of the day filled with marvelous joy and peace.
—GOLD DUST
When humans and the world disappoint, we need to remind ourselves of the goodness of God and seek joy and peace! That is all we can do! I saw these poems/quotes today, they resonated with me for sure based on what I am going through right now. A few days ago some old man backed right into my car when I was driving out of the mass service. He stopped, we exchanged information and he said he would pay. But no payment yet. He asked me to do an estimate and I gave it to him, but I think he realized it was a lot more damage then he thought, he plowed his truck right into the back of my car corner, doing damage to the door, side panel, and bumper. Anyway, today I had to deal with his insurance company who is awful. They have all outsourced overseas customer service who do not understand English and the connections are very bad too, they made some errors in the claim and the one lady would not call me back. I have been so frustrated and stressed now because of this accident. The person who did it dropped the ball, did not follow through with what he said, as I think he wanted to pay out of pocket, and then his insurance company is mediocre at best, very difficult to work with. Please pray for me I get this all sorted our and resolved. I need prayers, but these two quotes were a good reminder for me. Yes, there is a lot of injustice, he caused the accident, not me, I just need to abide in Christ, let go and let God, and pray it all works out, try not to let it frustrate me, they are things of this world for sure. Maybe God is trying to teach me a lesson, I am trying to stay calm, I told the man I forgave him, I tried not to lose my cool at all, he ignored my emails for a few days, so I just told him I thought it was best to use his insurance, but after today, I am not sure. I pray it works out, I hope that I get compensated for my damage and get this behind me soon. I will try, I will try to be at peace and joy in the Lord, trying to know that it is all His will be done! I have heard it before said, that humans will disappoint, but God never will, so I am trying to have this steep down deep inside of me to know it will all work out!
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