Tested and Tried

"Dear tested and tried believer, it is your mission to walk onto the stage of this world in order to reveal to all of heaven and earth that the music of life lies not in your circumstances or external things but in your own soul" (from Streams in the Desert, September 28th)

Many people have asked me how I do what I do. I am now a single mom, I work full time and I am furthering my own education. It amazes me that how often I have been told "I do not know how you do it". Truth be told- there was a time that I wondered how I was going to do it too. How was I going to carry on? How was I going to continue despite the trials I have faced? There are still days I wonder......

But then I remember God's plan is not my plan. His timing is certainly not my timing and His path that He has mapped out for me is larger than I ever would have expected or been able to comprehend with my human mind. You see, God is so much bigger than the things that happen to us. He is doing things in our lives for a purpose. We might not understand why He does things or how His plan is going to play out but I strongly believe that He is in everything- WHEN WE ALLOW HIM IN.

Sure I questioned God when everything began to fall apart. I wondered where He was and I asked why this was happening to me. Then I realized that I had two choices in life: I could run away from God and live a life lost to worldly ways. OR I could draw close to Him and praise Him in everything that I encountered. I could choose to fight and live my life in accordance with His will. And that is what I did.

I fight. I continue on with my daily life and I trust that God will work out the details for me (it is called FAITH for a reason you know). Besides "when you have the God of the universe in your corner, why would you freak out?" (Pastor Peter Haas)

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you WILL have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world" John 16:33

God never promised us that life would be easy. He tells us that we will face trouble and have trials from time to time. It is what we do in those time of trouble that matters.