“Unsure”

Believe it or not being unsure about a particular part of God's plan does not necessarily mean you are in doubt about the perfectness of His plan. So with that in mind we can give ourselves some grace when it comes to trusting God's plan.

After all, Adonai tells us in His word that His ways are not our ways! He also tells us that He remembers the frailty of our humanness ((Psalm103: 14-16). He wants to guide us through a life that has eternal importance even here on earth. Yes our lives matter while we are here on this earth, but what we do should also have  eternal and godly kingdom purpose as well. Any life lived without Jesus as the center has no real or lasting purpose. 

His word also tells us many other things that ensure us that His plan, His ways, and His hope for us is good, it's always good!

Just look at all the things God knows about you and it will be easier to trust that He knows exactly what you need. 

Because He is the One who created you, He knows everything about you. He knows you have hopes, dreams and plans. He is the the One who put them in your heart and He is the One who knows how to bring it all to reality in your life.

And, the best part is that when we let God's plan rule and reign in our lives it is good, it's always good! 

                                                                        

                                           

Unsure

Believe it or not being unsure about a particular part of God's plan does not necessarily mean you are in doubt about the perfectness of His plan. So with that in mind we can give ourselves some grace when it comes to trusting God's plan.

After all, Adonai tells us in His word that His ways are not our ways! “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Adonai. “As high as the sky is above the earth are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:8-9‬ ‭CJB‬‬). His thoughts and plans for us are so high above our own that they are perfect and we can trust Him. And, His plans for us were created even before we were, so they are pretty solid plans. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬). They are set and recorded in the annals of eternity. Wow!

If we are still struggling we can go to God’s word and there we can find the comforting help we seek.

Are you familiar with the beautiful words from Jeremiah 29:11?,  “For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai,‘plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.” (‭‭Jeremiah ‭29:11‬ ‭CJB‬‬). What a beautiful promise from God!

He also tells us that He remembers the frailty of our humanness ((Psalm103: 14-16). He knows that our lives spent here on earth are short and we are like a vapor - here one minute and gone the next. He wants to abide in us and guide us through a life that has eternal importance even here on earth, but He knows we cannot do it without Him. 

We weren't meant to do it without Him and when we try we are left frustrated and unfulfilled - He doesn't want that for us.

A life lived without Jesus and His plans really has very little earthly meaning and no real lasting purpose and it is so fleeting that most of us spend the first part of our lives making the mistakes we’re going to regret in the last season of our lives. That doesn’t seem like a meaningful life to me. I want to live the life God meant for me to live. What about you?

Yes, we’re always going to be unsure about some things God has planned out for us, but we can trust Him even when we are unsure and not always see that as doubting Him.

 His word also tells us many other things that ensure us that His plan, His ways, and His hope for us is good, it's always good!

Read, meditate and take to heart the truth in the scriptures listed below and all the things God knows about you and all His word speaks over you and it will be easier to trust that He knows exactly what you need. After all, He is the One who designed and created you and no one knows you better than He does. 

“For you fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I thank you because I am awesomely made, wonderfully; your works are wonders — I know this very well.”

‭‭(Psalm 139:13-14‬ ‭CJB‬‬).

Because He is the One who created you, He knows everything about you. He knows you have hopes, dreams and plans. He is the the One who put them in your heart and He is the One who knows how to bring it all to reality in your life.

And, the best part is that when we let God's plan rule and reign in our lives it is good, it's always good! 

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Why Ask Why?

Thank you Abba for letting me ask why...

In my humanness I want to ask why, but I feel You telling me that my answer may not come in this earthly realm. I may not get an answer to my why until the answer to my question does not matter! My flesh wants to ask why and it wants a flesh pleasing answer, but Your Spirit gently tugs on mine and tells me...the answers to your questions will not matter once you are in heaven...where earthly (temporal) things just do not matter.

When I am struggling with or questioning why I have so much pain in my physical body or why I am still actively waiting to receive my healing, Your Word tells me,  "Therefore (I) do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though (my) outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet (my) inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day."  Sometimes the why is about, or the suffering is for, loved ones lost in sin or no longer in my life due to the ramifications of sin and the pain seems long going, never ending and I cannot bear it any longer. But Your Word tells me that,  "For (my) light, momentary affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for (me) an everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!]. Since (I) consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting", 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (amp). WOW! What an answer to my question of why! So, as I ask why Your Word unfolds the truth and confirms what Your Spirit speaks to mine. 

You are telling me...Ponder your questions carefully before you pose them, remember, I am weaving a resplendent and eternal tapestry of many colors and I want very much for you to be woven deeply into the most beautiful part of it! Trust Me, I have been weaving for eternities- I wove you in your mother's womb (Ps 139:15) so I know how to weave the torn and tattered rags of your past, pain, and yes, your questions of why into something astounding in your life! 

HALLELUJAH! 

You affirm for me that there are absolute and definite answers to my questions, but I will miss more important questions if I get stuck on just one and I am already lost in the questioning when they are not of eternal importance. My treasures, my heart and my why's must stay on spiritual and heavenly focus. 

I can rest assured You are not choosing to ignore, avoid or just not answer my questions of why. But, maybe You have a question for me...Why My daughter are you asking why?  "I know the plans I have for you...I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come",  (Jer 29:11 NIRV). 

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WHAT? Christians Don't Get Depressed! Uh Oh...Then I'm In Big Trouble!

Lord, I haven't posted in so long and I'm sorry.

My struggle today, as I turn 57 years old is that I'm a Christian woman who suffers from depression.
WHAT? Christians don't get depressed!
Uh oh... then I'm in big trouble!
I have one or two good days, maybe even weeks and I think things are finally getting better, but this dreaded thing is relentless and it just keeps coming back. I need help Jesus.

I feel like a strong woman of God sometimes, able to withstand the demon of depression, but other days I find myself in isolation asking my heart how I got here...again?!

I will pursue Your answers, Lord. I know that You desire peace for me. I know that You desire rest and peace for my heart.

Some hard issues for me are that the depression stems from my chronic health problems which is another "iffy" topic for Christians, sickness and especially chronic illness are taboo in the Christian Community, almost a sign of spiritual weakness and if you are depressed you may have gotten to the point of no return. And yet, Your Word Lord has examples of others who were great men and women of God who suffered from depression and sadness that does not seem to go away.
My hope is in You, Lord.