Today I just want to share something out of my journal. I hope that it is an encouragement for you.
"Psalm 40:5 "Many O Lord my God (Selah!) are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered."
I know Who I belong to and somehow by His amazing grace... He is mine! Talk about the 'forces of the universe being on my side' - The Holy One behind the universe is on my side!
"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31
Right now it is so easy to believe this. My world is peaceful, my cup is running over. Even the sound of my favourite bird is cooing away in my back garden.
But what about when everything is conspiring against me? All I can see is the backside of the tapestry that makes up my life ... and it's full of knots and loose ends!
Have you ever heard of the story of the five blind men trying to identify an elephant? Each of them only had the perspective of the section they could touch. Part was rough, part was smooth, some was soft and some was hard. They all debated until a man who could see it all said, "It's an elephant".
The Lord, the One who stands outside of the limitations of our experience and yet is intimately in touch with it can see the front side of the tapestry and says, "Trust Me, it's all coming together perfectly."
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11
No matter what the experience of your life, never be afraid to say, "O Lord MY God".
Until next time,
Love, Lynda
