I'm just a simple girl whose been on a journey with Jesus for, oh, some 26 years.
I've had some big stuff along the way, but don't we all? Your stuff may not look just like my stuff, but big it is.
I have a few favorite devotionals, but one I read everyday without fail. I even have it on my Kindle and can access it on my phone. Streams In The Desert by L.B. Cowman. It never fails to remind me of how God takes the tough and turns it to triumph.
From today's entry...
"when God desires to create more power in your life, He creates more friction. He uses this pressure to generate spiritual power. Some people cannot handle it, and run from the pressure instead of receiving the power and using it to rise above the painful experience that produced it.....The pressures of temptations and trials and all things that seem to be against us further our progress and strengthen our foundation."
I seem to know so many right now that are dealing with hard, hard things. I have that fairly common feeling of wanting to help, but not being sure of what to do.
And so, I pray. More than anything, I pray, "Father, draw them to Jesus."
Because I know where the power lies. The power to cope. The power to breathe. The power to endure and overcome.
It's real and it's vibrant, it's holy and it helps. It really, really helps, more than anyway I ever could.
So open the Book and find those who have suffered well and let their faith and trust stream into your struggles. Let the "all things" that are working for your good, continue to conform you to His likeness.
And I will continue to pray for His power to see you through.
My heart goes out,
Deb
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Deb this is just beautiful and shows what a godly and good heart you have. Thank you for sharing this with us. Its so very true, so many with hard stuff to walk through and leaning on HIM is the only way to get through it.
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