So today, I am happy just to have an awesome God who loves me endlessly, and has planned out my life to a T. I find that we as huimans find it easy to give thanks to God and be grateful for what we have, but as soon as life gets harder, we turn our hearts away from God and begin to ask that infamous question, "Why God?!" However, Romans 5:2b-5 says this, "...And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope."
The struggles that we have in our lives can do one of two things, they can either tear us away from God, or bring us closer to God, but that choice is ours to make. Trust me, I KNOW that it is not always easy to give thanks to God, when all you really want to do is be angry and frustrated, but if you look at the little things that God gives you in your struggle, you will see that God is showing you that he still loves you and cares for you. One of my favorite songs has a chorus that says, "What if your blessings come through raindrops? What if your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know you're near? What if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights, are your mercies in disguise?" If I have learned anything in these past two years, it is that God is an awesome BEYOND awesome God, who works in marvelous and mysterious ways that we could never comprehend or understand, so if your hope and trust is in him, everything will work out fine. Romans 8:28 reads, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
One of my dear friends has a phrase that she likes to say...like ALOT. "God is GOOD, ALL the time!!!" Yes, God is good in the sucky times, and yes, God is also good in the scary times. So REJOICE! Rejoice for the joy of knowing that God is good, and will never leave you! Psalm 23:4-6, "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear NO evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."
<3 Always,
Rose
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