What we believe in this life directly affects how we live. And what we do on earth directly correlates with how we will live in eternity. That’s why freedom matters so much. and freedom is possible in every season, every scenario, and every situation.
i want an “it is well” faith. i want to be able to look at hardship and struggle in the face and stand firm in the truth that God still holds it all. He’s for me. He’s with me. therefore whatever comes, it is well.
Jesus is hanging on the cross and people are mocking him. spitting at him. ridiculing him. cussing at him. laughing at his slow and painful death.
and all he does is lifts his head and says “forgive them.”
that’s the kind of love that i want to have.
“Our suffering has a purpose beyond what we see from our limited perspective.”
“… Our suffering is not meaningless because God has a plan. He asks us to trust in that plan, and we can because we trust in Him.” - @wendy_blight#HiddenJoyBook#P31OBS
The hard situations we're facing? We don’t need to know all the details of how it will turn out. We just need to keep our hearts positioned closely to God in trust. And He will surround us with His reassurances and perfect love.
We can wear ourselves down trying to figure everything out in the midst of our difficult circumstances. Or we can rest in the truth that we don’t have to know all the details.
We don’t have to know exactly how God will work this out. We just have to believe that He will.
Sometimes we Christians are opposed and persecuted for reasons other than our godliness.
We like to think it is our spirituality that irritates people, when in reality, it may be our personality.
—AW Tozer
The only thing that will stop the uncertainties, the insecurities … is for the Spirit of God to lay across our heart and make it still. The blanket of His presence and His protection is the only perfect fit for the deep creases and crevices carved inside us. | @LysaTerKeurst