Lessons Learned from a Hard-fought Spiritual Battle
1. God may never reveal to us the results of our hard work. We don't see the big picture.
2. All we can do is what God asks of us, which may take us to the limit of our capabilities and beyond what we think we can do. Sometimes it does not seem worth it. We are in training. It isn't going to feel good all the time.
3. If we love God, we have no choice but to suffer through and persevere, trusting that His purposes will prevail.
4. Even when it seems He has abandoned us, He is there, working out His divine plan. He doesn't need our approval or opinion.
5. He is God. Period. He may humor our questions, but He doesn't have to answer them.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
"I pray that God would fill your heart with dreams and that faith gives you the courage to dare to do great things."--Mark Harris
3 comments:
Man is it easy to forget to put on my ETERNAL eye contacts every day. They really do help though. I love that verse at the end. Although those are all hard lessons to learn, you're right, they're part of life. But that verse gives me great hope. Thanks for the great reminders once again Tami!
P.S. I like the new snippets from the word feature. :)
Tami, such true words for us all. Thank you.
Also--thank you for stopping by my blog. It was good to see your name pop up in the comments. My post on Psalm 106 and yours here have a similar theme.
Blessings!
Tami - it's such a blessing for those of us who know you to see the AMAZING way that God works through you! You are inspiration to me (and I suspect to many others as well!) :-)
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