Grace Through the Fog

I can't believe how good the Lord is, how perfect His timing is.  This morning a friend sent a Scripture through a Facebook page she created and I know it was a word meant for me:

But from everlasting to everlasting
   the LORD’s love is with those who fear him,
   and his righteousness with their children’s children—Psalm 103:17 NIV

God's righteousness is with my children's children...do you know how much this means to me?


I'm borrowing a lot today; this comes from David Stephens:

God permits into your life the things He could have prevented. There’s no point in second guessing any of your past decisions, because there’s no point in second guessing God. What’s done is done. At issue is not all of the “what” in your life, but rather the “why.” Why didn’t God stop you from making poor choices? Why did He allow overwhelming circumstances into your life that were not of your own doing?

Some people consider asking God “why” as sacrilege. But answers never take hold in your life without you first asking the questions. The purpose of living—the right and wrong, the good and bad, the ups and downs—is to give you a deeper revelation of Jesus in the moment. Once you recognize Jesus in the midst of the “right now,” you’ll begin to see life working for you and not against. God only permits into your life exactly what you need to keep you near to Jesus. – David Stephens

I have blamed myself enough for mistakes I've made as a parent.  I've forgiven my parents for the mistakes they've made.  There needs to be an end to the pattern that has gone back generations in our family for these same kinds of mistakes; the ones that have occurred throughout the generations: alcoholism and other addictions, abuses of all kinds, neglectful parenting.  It took me a lifetime and the death of my mother to understand this.  I wish I could save my children the agony and pain of getting to this point, but I guess they have their own path to acceptance and forgiveness.

 It's difficult, sometimes, to understand the concept of the Lord allowing certain things to happen, but he was with me through it all.  He was with my children through all the things that happened to them.  He wept with us.  There is a plan that is in place and we will come out victors through it.  We are who we are because of some of these things.  Maybe it's part of the plan the Lord has for us to do.  I don't know.  I do know God turns all things into good and He has a definite plan for each of us as we learn to trust Him.

I also trust Him for my children and my children's children and all future generations that may come.  Thank You, Lord, for Your mercies are eternal and Your love endures forever!