ever feel like you just swallowed your heart? i get that way when i think about all the tiny things that used to make me so sad and so miserable. not now. i got that way cause i didn't have any idea why they were happening to me. i didn't even know why the good things were happening, because i didn't know i had a purpose. i know i do now, so everything pales in comparison. everything is suddenly so alive and so beautiful. even pain is, cause how else can you know you're alive? pain and filth is our only way of knowing what is truly beautiful.
a dear friend told me once that he believed God allows hard things to happen to teach us things about ourselves, about others, about life, and about Him. this is very true, and is something that has helped me greatly. (thank you)
there is nothing too great for Him to handle, so don't blame God or forsake Him when you think something has gone very wrong. He is faithful. more faithful than any of us and it is arrogance to think otherwise. how can you expect to grow if you are never hurt?
Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plentious redemption.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
against hope believed in hope
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Very true indeed. It seems that often we get too comfortable and God sends hard times our way to remind us just how much we have to rely on Him.
And, he enables us to draw closer to him when those trials come. It makes us stronger and more reliant on him.
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Well said.
Bravo!
By the way, from a fellow lover of the Ballad, I love your blog name. (:
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