God is a good god. He is always faithful and just. He always does everything just right and in the right way. Maybe there is a blessing for me and suffering for another. Maybe life is hard, and we wonder, "Where is God? How could he let this happen? Why does it happen again? When will there be an answer to my need?" God will always be with us in darkness and in suffering. So long as we let him in our hearts and recieve his comfort. For receive it we must. Like a gift. He holds it out to you but you must take it.
I sit here and think....my life has been hard. I think a lot about the days before, and sometimes a glimmer comes..a tiny ray, like the sun, just rising on a summer day. I think of peter the Apostle who stumbled just like me. Once he turned to the Lord and asked about his end. the Lord told him because peter..he is the Lord's friend. A simple man with many faults. but he is still a friend. So Peter points to another man and asks whathis end will be. The Lord said to Peter "If this is what I will, what is that to you?" The Lord was saying "Think you of your own faith. Think you of your own salvation. Think of God's purpose for you." So careful we must be. Always careful when we think of the victories and defeats of life. Careful to hold room for the mystery of God. The power of our lord to turn defeat and pain and suffering into good. he is good for each of us. When we face failure in our life, hold we must to God. When we weep. it is on God's shoulder we must cry. When we suffer, it is with him beside us. because then he will heal us and make us whole again. And when life pushes and tugs and tries to pull us away from God, this we must remember: The symbol of our King is THE CROSS. the Father lost his Son. losty to separate us from our sins, the whole world's sins. Lost to death, he was. Tragic painful death. The Lord God, our father, knows. He knows. What has happened in the past has no bearing on the promises of the future. he has said He will be with me. That is a promise. He never breaks his promises. If I allowed my faith to be moved this way and that by the circumstances of life, then I was standing too far from God. If I was thinking that having good things and a good life meant being blessed by God, and that bad things merant abandonment by God, then I did not have real faith.
(I can't remember where I got this from...a book or a card??)
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Great Post...You are right God never leaves us...what a wonderful promise He gives us! And, I know He's been carrying you onward to the amazing blessings He has waiting for you! You are a sweet faithful daughter...He Loves you so much..and so do we! Sweet blessings!
Hey, it's me again....bet you're sorry I have your blog address now?!? :D I wanted you to tell Ashley thanks for the comment on my blog...I'd email her myself, but I can't figure out her blog address??? Maybe she wants to keep it secret from me..ha, ha...and, YES I'll be more than available to wedding plan! But, I'm hoping it's about 10 years away...ha, ha....Sweet blessings!
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