Posts Tagged ‘desperate’
Desperate & Downcast
I have been on the mountain top and I’ve wandered through the valley too. I like the mountain top a lot better. The mountain top doesn’t mean that all is well with me. The mountain top also doesn’t necessarily mean it’s “all downhill from here”. There are highs and lows to my life journey.…
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This word means carries with it the need for “immediate attention and action”. When I hear that something is urgent, I tend to sit up straight and respond rapidly if I’m called upon. There are things in my life that are urgent each day. There are times when others do something and reach out to…
Read MoreDespair
There have been moments and even days of despair during certain seasons of my life. I can think of three particular seasons right off the bat – Loss of Job, Divorce & Cancer. I could probably write a book about my journey through these seasons of life. I’m not sure that I could very eloquent…
Read MoreEntreaty
I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed this word before although it’s meaning is fairly simple. It simply means: “earnest request, or petition; supplication.” It sounds a lot like prayer to me. I like the word treaty, which is inside this word. Treaty is about an agreement or pact of some sort. For all the good…
Read MoreDesperation
This is a word that carries with it a lot of urgency. It can also be traced back to the root word despair. This state of mind can often lead to dumb decisions or irrational behavior. Sarai, Abram’s wife became desperate. The Lord had promised her and Abram a son, but she was starting…
Read MoreDesperate Deep Water
There have been times in my life when I felt like I was going to drown. There were circumstances that I thought were going to ruin me in a big way. There were other times that I felt like the waves of responsibility were about to drown me. Now that I’m on this side of…
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