It has been a week! My goodness! Are any of you in that boat too? I've had bad news. And then more bad news. And doors closing - or attempting to do such. And confrontation and I HATE confrontation. I've had tears and unexpected heart ache.
But it's Sunday. At church we sang "King of my Heart" and I am always amazed (and blessed) to find that no matter what is going on in my life I can sing the words "You are good, good...you're never gonna let me down," and know they are true. The words have always been true. They will always be true.
God is good. And he has never let me down. People who look at our lives from a non-Christian lens tend to see all the yuck as evidence that God has indeed, let us down. Never. People have let us down and circumstances don't always turn out how you'd like, but God has never broken a promise to you. It would go against His character to do so.
The "yuck" as I like to call it always serves a purpose. It leads to growth if we let it. It brings our walk TO the Lord, himself, in ways non-yuck can't do. The yuck always hopes. Always.
This week I hoped for answers to prayer - which I got, but they weren't the ones I wanted. The answers I got take more work on my end. I hoped for doors to open - and they have yesterday and today. In places I didn't expect - by people who don't know the Lord - but whom He is using. Why? Because He is good :).
What's your yuck? How can you look not past it, but THROUGH it to see God working? Whether that means he is working on you, through you, through the circumstance, or through others - He is doing something. If you search for Him in it, you will find Him. You may not find answers...but you will find Him in it.
And when you find Him, remember. God is good. And He will never let you down.
But it's Sunday. At church we sang "King of my Heart" and I am always amazed (and blessed) to find that no matter what is going on in my life I can sing the words "You are good, good...you're never gonna let me down," and know they are true. The words have always been true. They will always be true.
God is good. And he has never let me down. People who look at our lives from a non-Christian lens tend to see all the yuck as evidence that God has indeed, let us down. Never. People have let us down and circumstances don't always turn out how you'd like, but God has never broken a promise to you. It would go against His character to do so.
The "yuck" as I like to call it always serves a purpose. It leads to growth if we let it. It brings our walk TO the Lord, himself, in ways non-yuck can't do. The yuck always hopes. Always.
This week I hoped for answers to prayer - which I got, but they weren't the ones I wanted. The answers I got take more work on my end. I hoped for doors to open - and they have yesterday and today. In places I didn't expect - by people who don't know the Lord - but whom He is using. Why? Because He is good :).
What's your yuck? How can you look not past it, but THROUGH it to see God working? Whether that means he is working on you, through you, through the circumstance, or through others - He is doing something. If you search for Him in it, you will find Him. You may not find answers...but you will find Him in it.
And when you find Him, remember. God is good. And He will never let you down.
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