"God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good." My friend and I say this to each other all the time especially when we are having an exceptionally hard day. But do I live it? Is God really good to me all the time? Why is it that I can be at Northland, and everything is good, and God is good, and then I get home and everything falls apart? Is God only God at Northland? Is He only God while I am surrounded by godly friends who encourage me? Is He only God when I am submersed in His Word and learning a lot about His Word? Why do I slip back to these places where I am struggling to believe and hold on to what I know? Why can I not just get over it and believe God? I am so human! I am so amazed by my lack of trust in God! Why can I not just trust Him like I should? Why can I not just obey Him? Why can I not just trust what He says to be true? WHY? I don't have answers to these questions. All I know is that I know all the right things to say and to do. I know that God is true. I know that His Word is true. I know that I cannot run forever. But why do I keep running? I need to stop running and face my problems head on. But why am I not doing that? I cannot run forever. Eventually it will catch up with me.
~ Stephanie ~
*Phil. 3:13-14*
Hey Stephanie. Fight the good fight girl. It isn't easy, but God is faithful! You will go through seasons of "drought." Just keep drawing near to God, He has promised to draw near to you. I'm praying for you girl. Let me know if you ever need to talk. Love you!
ReplyDeleteOh honey! I love you so much. I agree with Alicia. The fight is worth it, but God didn't promise us it would be easy. Hang on girl. Christ won't give us anything that we can't handle. I know at some times it seems like this thing isn't ever going to end . . . trust me . . . I know. Maybe, I only know to a certain point, but I still know, and God knows to the full extent that you are going to be stretched. Don't run. Rest. Rest in Christ. When we run, we peace, contentment, and joy! When we run we are running from problems. Sure. Good plan. NOT! When we run from our problems we are only avoiding a lesson that God wants to teach us by putting us through a hard time to draw us closer to Himself! Keep strong girl! I love you sooo incredibly much! I know it's hard . . . I know. As Alicia said, I will echo. "Fight the good fight" and pretty soon we will hear those blessed words of "Thou good and faithful servant, well done." :)
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