Have you put your life in God’s hands and then looked up in dazed wonder and confusion? Thinking this isn’t the cruise I thought I signed up for, wait a minute here, this is all wrong!
Have you read about how Jesus heals, yet your body is still wracked with pain, illness, or disease? Jesus, what about me?
Did you dedicate your children to God and raise them in church, only for them to rebel and run wild? What’s up with that?
Did you… Have you… Now what…
We trust! The Bible tells us that we may not know the reasons or answers until we reach the other side of this life. Again, we trust in Him!
Hebrews 11:16 ESV: “And without faith, it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
James 1:5 ESV: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
1 Thessalonians: 5:18 ESV “Give thanks in All circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
Proverbs: 22:6 NLT “Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.”
John 13:7: “Jesus replied, ‘You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.”
Proverbs 3:5 ESV: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”
Jeremiah 29:11: ESV “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
And there you go, those last two verses sum up our end of the deal. I’ve walked many years with God. I learned many lessons, and some still baffle me and probably always will, but the one thing I have learned is the guarantee that if We trust and follow, He leads us to quiet waters. ☺️
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