I read this when I came home from someone else's blog; I hope they don't mind me using it, but it certainly applies to my situation right now.
"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."
It's something I was just thinking as I was driving home. I can't count on what I am seeing to be the truth...Jesus said He was the truth. Am I going to believe anyone else? NO! This is a test of my faith and I must persevere to the end. There is a huge blessing at the end of this trial and I am thanking God for it now, even before I see the results of it.
I just need to have a new perspective, a new way of looking at things. If I look at them my way, I would crumble and fall. My heart really does ache. But, if I look at things through God's eternal perspective, I have hope. I can evaluate what is important in God's eyes. He knows the future and the end of the story. He knows what is going to happen and I don't...who do I trust more?
I'm so glad He is my Everything. To whom would I go otherwise? There are some things I haven't shared with my husband in order to protect members of my family, and this only for my love for them. (Love covers a multitude of sins, right?) I wouldn't burden my best friend with all this because he's up to his eyebrows in issues of his own. If I didn't have God in my life, I would probably be like the multitudes of people out there who are unhappy, unsatisfied, lost, and alone. I am never alone and for that, I am thankful.
So, thank you to whoever wrote this on their blog because God used you in a big way this evening. If God led you to write that, then you've helped me tremendously. Maybe it was meant just for me. I will ask God to bless you mightily for being obedient.
Most assuredly blessed,
Me
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ReplyDeleteVal, this is so true. We need to see life from God's perspective. And not just life, but ourselves also, always remembering that God sees us through Jesus.
Thank God for that, Rhonda. I would never be able to make it on my own merits; right now I have no merit. These past few weeks have been bittersweet, some of those things I'm not sure how to deal with. But God does. Someone told me their eyes were opened to what was going on years ago and she is convinced I knew and allowed things to happen. No amount of defending myself is going to help right now. I'm at the point of having no choice but to back off, as she has asked me to do. Maybe her eyes have been opened, but not according to God's truth. That's where my prayer focus is these days.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your comments, Rhonda. Have a beautiful day!