Ok, this is so good I just had to post. Last year on March 14th, his fathers birthday I might add, I woke up a widow. I obviously was not interested in doing my normal reading in Streams In the Desert - a daily devotional. This year I was busy all day that day. But yesterday I decided to read what the devotional was for that particular day. Amazing. Here you go.
Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. Exodus 20:21
God still has His secrets - hidden from "the wise and learned". Luke 10:21 Do not fear these unknown things, but be content to accept the things you cannot understand and to wait patiently. In due time He will reveal the treasures of the unknown to you - the riches of the glory of the mystery. Recognize that the mystery is simply the veil covering God's face. "Do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though some strange thing were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the suffering of Christ" 1 Peter 4:12-13. When you feel the most forsaken and lonely, God is near. He is in the darkest cloud. Forge ahead into the darkness without flinching, knowing that under the shelter of the cloud, God is waiting for you.
A man once stood on a high peak of the Rocky Mountains watching a raging storm below. As he watched, an eagle came up through the clouds and soared away towards the sun. The water on it's wings glistened in the sunlight like diamonds. If not for the storm, the eagle might have remained in the valley. In the same way, the sorrows of life cause us to rise towards God.
(M.e.) Every day we have a choice. We can choose to look to God or look at our circumstances. I can attest to the fact that looking at our circumstances only breeds despair. This life is hard. At times it just plain sucks and much of it is not fair. Or perhaps it is not fair because we can't see past our present concerns. Every day we have a choice. Today I choose life. I choose faith. I choose to believe that God will guide me by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. I choose to believe that God could take all the heartache from that day and the many months preceding it and use it to drive me to Him.
Choose wisely today. Just for today.
Amazing how God works......such an apporpriate lesson for the day......."I will never leave you, nor foresake you" !!!! I amhappy you are doing better, you seem to be finding your way with Christ at your side !!!!! You go girl !!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know how people get through circumstances like yours without leaning on the everlasting arms. You don't have to choose life, or faith, but you are. And I believe that He will bless you for that.
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