To all who find life as fascinating as I do in the midst of a loving Savior,
I started this blog because just as there are an infinite amount of moves, sequences, and orders to a Rubrik's Cube, so there is to life. Every person has his or her own arrangements and phenomena to the same ever-changing puzzle and I want to talk about mine.
Life gives everyone a much different experience than the next. Its God’s way of showing us we all are special and that we have our own strengths and weaknesses. I can see very clearly from my own life there are many things other people would probably not be able to handle or understand. Then I look at a friend who lost a family member or some other incident they went through and I wonder if I could ever go through the same thing. That’s what is amazing about our Lord; God only gives us what we can handle. But when I say that I mean we can do nothing on our own anyways but with Gods help and mercy. Why else would we need God if He gave us only everything we could handle? It’s more of the fact that life weighs us down too much that the only way out is through our Savior's embrace. What a comfort. Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”
There are two sides to every coin and two sides to every situation. You can either get depressed, go into constant questioning, worry, doubt, what-ifs, and many others, or you can look at a situation and feel blessed to know that God only gives you something you can handle (remember, you can only handle anything through the Lord’s help and grace!). If it’s “that” big than you should feel blessed that God has/will grant you that much more mercy, grace and strength to overcome it. God is loving and only works in ways which will cause us to further love Him more. I have never gone through a situation that was too traumatic or too great where God wasn’t able to give me peace. And what is that peace? It’s the peace that lets you know that God is in control, that He loves you dearly, and that He will always be your comfort and protection in the midst of adversity and despair. God is the ruler of the world. He loves His children; He loves those who seek Him, His kingdom, and His righteousness. Don't ever downplay God's love.
God ONLY works in ways that will benefit us. We think of benefit sometimes as in a physical sense, or God giving us some type of thing in the world. But many times what God gives us is a stronger love for Him, a dedication to His word, and a deeper desire for His kingdom. When you think about it what would be the best thing God could give us apart from salvation? That’s right, it's more of himself. More of His love, mercy, grace, peace, strength, humility, etc. Wow. What a loving Father we serve! He allows things to happen and uses them for our own benefit to draw us closer to His loving arms. How desperately we need the reminder to daily pursue after our God. What if the trials of this life are His mercies in disguise? How merciful is our God to take a wretched sinner and make him his son and love him beyond the rest of creation? What an amazing God we serve! Yes, we should always be like Paul when he was in prison praising our Savior all the daylong.
This life is full of mysteries and “random” crazy events, but when put into the perspective of God’s sovereignty and love those trials only turn into a way for us to better love and follow our Savior. Praise God! He has our best interests at heart, always. No matter how dark or dim it may appear, God is constantly at work and we can take comfort and peace in that. May the joy of the Lord always be on our faces and in our hearts. How big do we think our God is? And do we trust Him?
Psalm 119:50 “This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your word has revived me.”
Phil. 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
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