{"id":1958,"date":"2023-05-27T23:56:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2023-05-27T23:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T13:56:58","slug":"life-is-so-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/life-is-so-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is so difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I saw my wife&#8217;s pjamas on the bed, and I remembered a good friend&#8217;s post that he kept his mum&#8217;s clothes unwashed for many many days. The bond of endearment that goes beyond words. I wish she could be here with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many new challenges we face, my wife &amp; I often wonder why life is so difficult? We know life is difficult, but we never thought it&#8217;s this difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;m stirred with another friend&#8217;s post of a child quotation of Psalm 23:1,&#8221;the Lord is my shepherd, what else do you want?&#8221; It is very funny, yet very true. This year 2023, it&#8217;s my guiding passage for the year. Somehow, with the circumtance and situations that we were in, this passage just shines so beautifully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, I was meditating on verse 5,&#8221;YOU prepare a table before me, in the presence of my enemies.&#8221; How lavish is His love. He does not only providing for all I need. He does protect me even in the most dangerous path of my journey. Even at the face of death, I am cared by my Shepherd. And now, as if all those things are not enough, He shows His love elevating me in the presence of the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so grateful for my Savior&#8217;s love and my Redeemer. This song speaks so closely how I feel,&#8221;Goodness of God.&#8221; As I was singing it, I realised how the struggles and &#8220;fires&#8221; have made my appreciation more mature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day when I see my Savior, I would say thank you so much for loving me. All the difficulties I go through, points to His great love and faithfulness. That His Word is true, even when put to the test, no matter how impossible they look like. Do I dare to believe it 100%? A little child will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw my wife&#8217;s pjamas on the bed, and I remembered a good friend&#8217;s post that he kept his mum&#8217;s clothes unwashed for many many days. The bond of endearment that goes beyond words. I wish she could be here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/life-is-so-difficult\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,93,20,44,109,51,52,110,67,69],"tags":[127,168,176,177,181,218,219,226,272,309],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessedness","category-comforted","category-gods-love","category-overwhelmed","category-protection","category-providence","category-psalm","category-richess","category-thankful","category-touched","tag-blessed","tag-friendship","tag-god-is-good","tag-gods-faithfullness","tag-gods-love-2","tag-life","tag-lifes-journey","tag-marriage","tag-psalm","tag-thankful"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":380,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/words-of-encouragement-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":1958,"position":0},"title":"Words of encouragement (1)","author":"clay","date":"May 21, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Psalm 81:1a: \u00a0Sing for joy to God our strength; \u00a0 I learn to trade my strength for God's strength. 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