Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Will we still bless His name??

Life throws us stuff that we don't necessarily want thrown our way. Stuff that hurts, makes us angry, or saddens us. As human we always ask God why?? I know I went through my bout of that. I got angry with him, I didn't understand why such a loving God would do "this" to me... I stopped going to church, praying, reading my Bible and I started looking elsewhere for satisfaction. I needed something that wouldn't hurt me, something that I could rely on. I started looking to the world for that satisfaction, and not to my surprise, I didn't find it...infact, it caused me to find Christ again. I've posted earlier that I've given over control, and I'm working hard to keep it that way, and when I least expect it, a blow comes my way... I know this is God's way of testing me. This blow is definitely something I can recover from and it isn't so much the situation itself as it is all the stuff it brings to the surface. I could throw myself back into that pit again and just alienate God, but I don't want to. I will continue to praise him. And that's my question for you; when you're handed the tough stuff- will cave in and just give up or will you continue to bless His name. Just as Jeremiah 29:11 says: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." We've just got to remember that. Even when it feels like the world is crashing in, when it feels like your heart can't break any more, when it feels like one more day is almost too much to bear, there is a God that is looking out for us. He wants to see us happy, but we must grow first and in order to do that, the world has to crash in on us, our hearts have to break over and over- but it's our part to continue praising him; thanking him for the love he shows us each and every day. I don't know about you, but I know that even through it all, I will continue to bless His name.