Ever feel so down it makes you sick? Lately I've really taken to Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick.." We have been in a season of waiting that seems unending...there's only so much the human soul can endure...yesterday I picked up my Christmas cards and it wasn't till after I got home from Costco that I noticed I'd misspelled "Best is yeSt to come!" Way to end the year off, that's the kind of year it's been for us...one hope dashed after another, things promised unfulfilled, put off, no answer for direction but to wait...one door shut after another, disappointment after disappointment...it would seem that God has removed His hand from us and at times we feel as if this is our lot in life. It's hard seeing one friend after another rejoicing over promotion after promotion...it's easy to ask why...it's hard to stay and wait...it's easy to sulk...it's hard to praise...it's easy to quit...it's hard to press on and endure the trial...
But one thing I know my God IS faithful and true...He loves me even when it appears He doesn't...He has plans for my life to prosper me and not to harm me...He has plans to give me a future and a hope...
Today I rest in His word and find peace in the little joys of life..like the good friends I enjoyed spending the day with and the beautiful sunshine and high of 50 degrees!
the rest of the Proverb says "...but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life." So we continue to wait and believe that The Best IS Yet to Come!
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