"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts..."
Isaiah 55:8-9
Here's where my faith really gets tested. God instructs us to follow Him and His ways because He knows best, He's the one who planned everything in the past, present & future. So who am I to argue? I have to trust God! Sometimes the world's circumstances will attempt to pull us away from God' ways but we need to focus on His word rather than our emotions. His ways are eternal, ours is temporary.
I feel like my life's journey is a sprint. God's at the center with me always going off on tangents only to be gravitated back on the center. I'm following Him but exploring my surroundings by my own curiosities and reasoning. I know God's telling me to trust Him and stop leaning on my own understanding but it's hard. Just yesterday I was stricken with a range of emotions because of a misplaced key. Frustration, anger, sadness, depression & even happiness all messed with my mind. I constantly had to place my trust in God, not necessarily to find my key (even thought that's what I wanted), but to allow God's best to infiltrate my heart and my marriage. At the end of it all the key was found and it was my fault, I had it in my pocket. To deal with that I had to be completely transparent with my emotions so that God could deposit His gem. He used Michelle to open up a conversation about our feelings and I believe there was growth at that moment. At the end of it all we didn't allow emotions to lead us but rather God's heart & Spirit.
Thank You Father God for a wonderful wife! You chose perfect times to reveal a little more of Your plans by letting me know how my marriage is complete only with You as the center. You remind me struggles are a part of our journey but not the destination; it's such a wonderful comfort when I respond obediently. Thank You and I pray never to wander too far from Your voice. In Your Son's precious name I pray, Amen!
I feel like my life's journey is a sprint. God's at the center with me always going off on tangents only to be gravitated back on the center. I'm following Him but exploring my surroundings by my own curiosities and reasoning. I know God's telling me to trust Him and stop leaning on my own understanding but it's hard. Just yesterday I was stricken with a range of emotions because of a misplaced key. Frustration, anger, sadness, depression & even happiness all messed with my mind. I constantly had to place my trust in God, not necessarily to find my key (even thought that's what I wanted), but to allow God's best to infiltrate my heart and my marriage. At the end of it all the key was found and it was my fault, I had it in my pocket. To deal with that I had to be completely transparent with my emotions so that God could deposit His gem. He used Michelle to open up a conversation about our feelings and I believe there was growth at that moment. At the end of it all we didn't allow emotions to lead us but rather God's heart & Spirit.
Thank You Father God for a wonderful wife! You chose perfect times to reveal a little more of Your plans by letting me know how my marriage is complete only with You as the center. You remind me struggles are a part of our journey but not the destination; it's such a wonderful comfort when I respond obediently. Thank You and I pray never to wander too far from Your voice. In Your Son's precious name I pray, Amen!
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