Trusting in the dark

It's so easy to trust in God when everything is going great, all our needs are met, physically, emotionally and spiritually; we seem to have it all together...UNTIL....

 an unexpected expense comes up, until sickness hits, maybe family problems, a child is showing rebellion, there's trouble in your relationship, your car breaks down....

Whatever the situation there are times when we just feel completely in the dark and alone.  That's not the time to give up, but rather....it's the time to trust in God.  Trust God to make a way when there doesn't seem to be a way, trust Him to restore and bring about a new hope.  Trust Him for healing, deliverance, for wisdom, discernment, salvation....

I'm not always the best at exercising my faith in the exact moment that a trial might hit...but give me a few moments, hours, days and I do eventually surrender my situation to the Lord.  He's the only one who has the answers and He really does care and desire to meet our needs.

Wherever you are today....turn your worries and cares over to God and He will illuminate your life with His grace, love, peace and understanding.  He won't ignore you...He's amazing like that.

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I know who I am.

This song is running through my mind.  I love listening to #Israel Houghton's music.
There are some serious truths to this song...
I was broken and God healed me!
I was dying and you gave me life

Isn't that the truth?!  I thought my life would never know healing again.  You know the healing of a broken heart.  The healing of a woman who lost her identity after divorce.  The healing of a mom whose daughters suffered greatly and there was nothing I could do.  The healing of a loneliness.

I experienced lows I'd never known before.  I didn't identify with any group of friends or church - it had all been torn apart.  Then The Lord stepped on the scene, created a new mind, a new heart, a new hope within me and began blessing my life.  There were times I doubted and shoot there are still times when I wonder what God has up his sleeve but I know who I am!

Oh how He's blessed me...

I am His!  I am free!  I am covered by God's grace!  I am no longer a slave to the past!  I am chosen!

Wherever you are today - no matter the circumstance, God's love is enough to not only pull you through but to set you on a new path.  Just let go and let God!

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