God is our refuge and strength,
an ever present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains slip into the heart if the sea,
though it's water roar and foam
and the mountains quake at its swelling pride.
Psalm 46:1-3
We have such a mighty strong God and I think we often forget that fact. Only remembering it when something out of the ordinary happens. I feel that last week that something happened, not once but many a times. I feel like I had taken for granted the ground under my feet, the firmness of it. It's made me think of how much I don't thank God for what He gives me or even if I do, not often enough. He has given us stability in life. That we only tend to remember when the ground beneath us begins to shake, when plans don't go right. We forget and our trust is shaken when we do go through a time when the foundation is shaken.
The last few months have been really hard for me, I lost my footing you could say and have struggled to trust and rest in God's perfect plan and timing. With going through a job trial in which you got treated like dirt and coming away with still no work and feeling like you are not good enough is hard. I feel like I lost who I was, yet after the earthquakes I once more have been shaken to realization that God's in control, His way is perfect. To sit and be with family as the world around stopped me from the affects of the earthquakes and then the floods, it made me be able to have joy and laughter in the small things.
It's amazing how God uses advents around us to help us through things and how often the same advents affect everyone so differently. To help a town or country come closer together. Maybe a family to. We see a community form to help one another. Just as Jesus called us to do. To help those in need.
Our God is such a great God!
He is the giver of family and friends, church and communion with Him. He is God in which we have Perseverance of the saints.
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope doesn't disappoint, became the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given us.
Romans 5:3-5
We have such a mighty strong God and I think we often forget that fact. Only remembering it when something out of the ordinary happens. I feel that last week that something happened, not once but many a times. I feel like I had taken for granted the ground under my feet, the firmness of it. It's made me think of how much I don't thank God for what He gives me or even if I do, not often enough. He has given us stability in life. That we only tend to remember when the ground beneath us begins to shake, when plans don't go right. We forget and our trust is shaken when we do go through a time when the foundation is shaken.
The last few months have been really hard for me, I lost my footing you could say and have struggled to trust and rest in God's perfect plan and timing. With going through a job trial in which you got treated like dirt and coming away with still no work and feeling like you are not good enough is hard. I feel like I lost who I was, yet after the earthquakes I once more have been shaken to realization that God's in control, His way is perfect. To sit and be with family as the world around stopped me from the affects of the earthquakes and then the floods, it made me be able to have joy and laughter in the small things.
It's amazing how God uses advents around us to help us through things and how often the same advents affect everyone so differently. To help a town or country come closer together. Maybe a family to. We see a community form to help one another. Just as Jesus called us to do. To help those in need.
Our God is such a great God!
He is the giver of family and friends, church and communion with Him. He is God in which we have Perseverance of the saints.
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope doesn't disappoint, became the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given us.
Romans 5:3-5
