I had some good thoughts in my various devotionals today.
Isa 58:11
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Have faith in The Lord, wait on Him and He will bring
you through your trouble. He is guiding you even though
...you may not see it, for we walk by faith and not by sight.
"The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" (John 18:11).
This was a greater thing to say and do than to calm the seas or raise the dead. Prophets and apostles could work wondrous miracles, but they could not always do and suffer the will of God. To do and suffer God's will is still the highest form of faith, the most sublime Christian achievement. To have the bright aspirations of a young life forever blasted; to bear a daily burden never congenial and to see no relief; to be pinched by poverty when you only desire a competency for the good and comfort of loved ones; to be fettered by some incurable physical disability; to be stripped bare of loved ones until you stand alone to meet the shocks of life--to be able to say in such a school of discipline, "The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?'--this is faith at its highest and spiritual success at the crowning point. Great faith is exhibited not so much in ability to do as to suffer. --Dr. Charles Parkhurst
2 comments:
Thanks for the devotions. I need this sometimes. It's eye opening to have a person I don't know online say something that hits home. Thank you!
~Lynn
I read this today and it became my prayer as I walked and once again lifted you up to the Lord, to see it here is hard to know that God has allowed and is allowing you to walk through this trial. It is so true that this is the cup that we have been given to drink. I have never known suffering in my life as hard as it has been to watch my children suffer and yet, I know in the end God will be glorified in your life and in your marriage and in your childrens life.
I know with all of my heart, our God is a good God.
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