Believe God
Our extended family is going through a horrible tragedy, the sudden loss of my cousin's granddaughter. The heartbreak is intense.
As we have walked through the last few days, God continues to be faithful to us. In the midst of all of it, I keep hearing one thing in my heart: Believe God.
Do you wonder if that beautiful little girl is really okay now? Is she really safe in the arms of Jesus? Believe God that she is.
Do you wonder if your family will ever be happy again--have peace or joy again? Believe God that He can restore what the metaphorical locusts have eaten, that he can make all things new, that you can have a future and a hope.
Do you wonder if He is really good and loving after all, that He has a plan and a purpose for each of us? Believe God that He is and He does.
Like the truth in Psalm 40 and Psalm 69, the world may swirl around me with its muck and mire. I may not feel the ground beneath me, and the deep water may come to my neck. Like the prophet Jonah I may feel like, "The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head." (Jonah 2:5) I may grow weary and parched with crying.
But then, God will hear me calling out to Him as He promises, and--at the perfect time--He will lift me out of the pit and set my feet on a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Believe God.
He will make a way. He will make a future. He will bring hope and meaning, even in loss.
Believe Him.
Do you have a sorrow today that seems unbearable? A question that seems unanswerable? A future that looks bleak or pain that seems unceasing?
Believe God.
In Stacking Stones, I wrote that God "had been faithful to care for me for more than 13,500 days so far. Could I not trust Him with the next day. . . and the one after that?"
Years later, after having endured new heartaches and sorrows, like the loss of my cousin's grandchild, I would change one part of that statement that I once wrote with such confidence.
The number of days.
Everything else about that statement still rings true.
I've lived another 4,000 days or so, and you know what? He's still faithful. Every. Single. Day.
Believe God. You can trust Him.
He will bring us through our heartache because He loves us. He is near to the brokenhearted. He saves those crushed in spirit (Psalm 34)
Keep swimming. Keep moving forward, one breath at a time. One step at a time. Keep calling out to Him. He's there and He will answer.
Believe God.
As we have walked through the last few days, God continues to be faithful to us. In the midst of all of it, I keep hearing one thing in my heart: Believe God.
Do you wonder if that beautiful little girl is really okay now? Is she really safe in the arms of Jesus? Believe God that she is.
Do you wonder if your family will ever be happy again--have peace or joy again? Believe God that He can restore what the metaphorical locusts have eaten, that he can make all things new, that you can have a future and a hope.
Do you wonder if He is really good and loving after all, that He has a plan and a purpose for each of us? Believe God that He is and He does.
Like the truth in Psalm 40 and Psalm 69, the world may swirl around me with its muck and mire. I may not feel the ground beneath me, and the deep water may come to my neck. Like the prophet Jonah I may feel like, "The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head." (Jonah 2:5) I may grow weary and parched with crying.
But then, God will hear me calling out to Him as He promises, and--at the perfect time--He will lift me out of the pit and set my feet on a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Believe God.
He will make a way. He will make a future. He will bring hope and meaning, even in loss.
Believe Him.
Do you have a sorrow today that seems unbearable? A question that seems unanswerable? A future that looks bleak or pain that seems unceasing?
Believe God.
In Stacking Stones, I wrote that God "had been faithful to care for me for more than 13,500 days so far. Could I not trust Him with the next day. . . and the one after that?"
Years later, after having endured new heartaches and sorrows, like the loss of my cousin's grandchild, I would change one part of that statement that I once wrote with such confidence.
The number of days.
Everything else about that statement still rings true.
I've lived another 4,000 days or so, and you know what? He's still faithful. Every. Single. Day.
Believe God. You can trust Him.
He will bring us through our heartache because He loves us. He is near to the brokenhearted. He saves those crushed in spirit (Psalm 34)
Keep swimming. Keep moving forward, one breath at a time. One step at a time. Keep calling out to Him. He's there and He will answer.
Believe God.
I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord;And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Psalm 40:1-2 (AMP)
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