My God shall supply all your needs, according to His riches in glory.
Life doesn't always turn out the way it is pictured, but I know it always turns out the best way when God is honored, when we follow His commands. Hope, growth, trouble, reward, circumstance. Does that sum it all up?
When trials come we must ask questions: Is this trial environmental? Are my fellow travelers suffering as well? Is this trial a vehicle to eternal glory or death? (We all die.) Is this trial of my own making, consequence of my own choices?
Most of our "trials" fall under the last category. Sometimes we must suffer our own consequences, and that isn't all bad. We learn from our mistakes, and we have the opportunity to start over, with new circumstances, though usually not easier.
This is what I am learning, and this is what I'm trying to teach the lives God has entrusted to me to raise.
Life isn't fair. Life isn't always easy. Life doesn't owe you anything. Neither does God. Each day is a gift, and when we wake up on a gorgeous summer morning in 2011 we need to thank God for letting it happen!
God has graciously given me more than I can remember to thank Him for. A grateful spirit is my desire. I am thankful for all the good, and strive to be thankful even in the bad that I suffer. It will all work out for good. That is God's promise, and He keeps His promises.
Life doesn't always turn out the way it is pictured, but I know it always turns out the best way when God is honored, when we follow His commands. Hope, growth, trouble, reward, circumstance. Does that sum it all up?
When trials come we must ask questions: Is this trial environmental? Are my fellow travelers suffering as well? Is this trial a vehicle to eternal glory or death? (We all die.) Is this trial of my own making, consequence of my own choices?
Most of our "trials" fall under the last category. Sometimes we must suffer our own consequences, and that isn't all bad. We learn from our mistakes, and we have the opportunity to start over, with new circumstances, though usually not easier.
This is what I am learning, and this is what I'm trying to teach the lives God has entrusted to me to raise.
Life isn't fair. Life isn't always easy. Life doesn't owe you anything. Neither does God. Each day is a gift, and when we wake up on a gorgeous summer morning in 2011 we need to thank God for letting it happen!
God has graciously given me more than I can remember to thank Him for. A grateful spirit is my desire. I am thankful for all the good, and strive to be thankful even in the bad that I suffer. It will all work out for good. That is God's promise, and He keeps His promises.
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