God never moves without purpose or plan
when trying a servant and molding a man
Give thanks to the Lord though your testing seems long
In darkness He giveth a song
Rejoice in the Lord
He makes no mistake
He knoweth the end of each path that I take
For when I am tried and purified
I shall come forth as gold
As this song was sung this morning in church it brought tears to my eyes. I was reminded of the many times in my life when, I didn't understand God's plan. But as another song writer says: when you can't see His hand, trust His heart.
Paul told the Roman's "All things work together for good to them that love God." I was reminded later that it doesn't say "my good" so when I can't understand I pray "Lord make this work together for the good of whoever you have in mind."
Rich has been reading a book on fasting and prayer. So since we have several BIG things in our life right now, we decided to take a day and fast (until dinner time as we had a dinner date) and every time we got hungry, we prayed. We also committed to pray each hour on the hour for three specific needs.
Jesus said: "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)
I'm praying that today for ME & YOU TOO!