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From another amzing blog I follow-- Nitty Gritty- thank you Lord for the ones that went before me, to the ones YOU have led me to and to the future where He promises to make all things new!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I just have to say it.
Faith is hard!I have people say to me from time to time, "I wish I had a faith like yours". I hesitate to tell them the truth, and that is that faith comes through trials and adversity, more often than not. My own faith has grown more in times when my world is falling apart than it ever has when things are going well and life is rosy. The times when I've had no strength to stand on my own, I've had to turn to someone. He has been there without fail, every single time. And my faith has increased.When I've needed Him most; when there have been no answers; when tears and anger and sorrow consumed me, my faith has been enlarged and peace has flooded my soul.Even though I have had to cling to my faith, it still is a hard thing for me to accept that sorrow and suffering are ways that God chooses to reveal Himself to us at times. I wish there were 'easier ways'. I wish that we could call on Him and He would snap His fingers or whisper a healing word and all would be right again.But that's not the way God works. Although He can and He does sometimes. More often than not though, His ways are not the way we would choose or expect them to go. He has a plan and He has given us His Promise that He will make all things new. He is preparing a Heaven for us that will be a place without mourning, sorrow or pain. He holds us in His hands right now, and simply asks us to trust His ways.I will be the first to admit that there's no better place to be than resting in His hands- trusting fully in His promises- but it's still hard. It's very, very hard. But I trust. I rest in His promises.I hold fast to the reality that there is more to this life than that which we can see.There is Hope, and not just hope for tomorrow.But Hope eternal.And that, my friends, makes faith worth the pain and struggle and gives cause to endure.He is Faithful.He is Love.He is Hope.My heart is thankful that He is more than enough. He is all I need.