Note: I suppose this is more of a reflection than anything else. Its not really poetry, not a song. Not really original or anything. Just things I listed to keep myself focused on things above and not all the things down here below...
Also partly inspired from the devotional I read by a friend. :) They'll recognize it.
What am I learning from this period of testing? Well, a number of truths that my stubborn mind often seems so reluctant to accept.
1.) It is GOD who is in absolute control of our lives and our circumstances. No one's opinion, not friends or family, not even our own can overwhelm God's decisions and His provisions of grace.
2.) God does not grant us grace based on our sins or how many times we mess up. He bases it in part on the sate of our hearts towards Him, and in part by the divine providence of His will which we will NEVER fully understand. Ultimately, His reasons are His own and its not the hardships themselves that define us. It's how we respond to them.
3.) God knows best - in EVERY circumstance, whether we trust Him or not.
4.) He is the only One who has mastered faithfulness to perfection.
5.) If we have a true love and devotion for Him, while we may suffer, He will never completely let us go. (This one was learned through my life-time up till this point and was 'hard earned'.) Job learned this. Brought to the very brink of endurance and sanity, God stepped in and proved Himself master and keeper of Job personally and of everything that happened in and around him. In short, God proved Himself holy and loving Master of all of our lives.
6.) We are not judged in God's eyes by who we once were, nor even who we've now become. We are considered by God as we WILL BE when He is finished with us.
7.) Sometimes the greatest enemy that God must suppress is us.
8.) Being still is an act of will; and grace.
9.) Thanking Him makes us thankful.
10.) There *IS* a void to be filled in my heart now. May I fill it with God. Lord, may I fill it only with You.
Thank you, Kaylie.
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