TRUSTING GOD=EVEN IN OUR PAIN

TRUSTING GOD= EVEN IN OUR PAIN Has God Ever made you angry? Have you ever lost- Or felt-that you just can't find him- ON your path or journey through life Any more? I have-TOO many times But it's not God- It's not even us Sometimes life Just throws disappointment After disappointment at us- CRISIS after crisis And our faith WEAKENS- But God hasn't gone anywhere It is in those moments AT THESE TIMES That we have to try Harder than ever To RECONNECT with God “Come-let us RETURN to the Lord It is he-who has rent-but he will HEAL US He has struck us-but he WILL bind our wounds” Hosea 6:1 It is God Who HOLDS us together It is God-WE NEED To trust-even in OUR PAIN Who or what else Can we trust In the midst of our pain? Who else Can hold us together? TRUSTING GOD- Even in our pain “Or someone May be chastened On a bed of pain With constant distress In their bones” Job 33:19 “NEWS about him Spread all over Syria And people brought to him ALL who were ill Those suffering severe PAIN …......” Matthew 4:24 Have you ever thought To yourself: WHY does God Let these things happen to us? We are GOOD and FAITHFUL SERVANTS Of the Lord What have we done To deserve this misery and injustice? I don't know- BUT there are a couple of things I DO KNOW It WASN'T God or Jesus That put you in this situation It wasn't God or Jesus That gave you that illness, Those financial problems Those relationship problems And it is GOD AND JESUS That are the way out THE ONLY WAY- To find that HOPE once again TRUSTING GOD- Even in our pain FINDING that hope CONNECTING with God and Jesus ONCE AGAIN “........You will be REPAID At the RESURRECTION of the righteous” Luke 14:14 “Jesus said, I AM the RESURRECTION And the LIFE........” John 11:25 Jesus BELIEVED And was resurrected by his Father So let go Of any anger-resentment-or bitterness You may be carrying with you I truly believe You will be resurrected In the LAND OF THE LIVING Trusting God- WHEN you are in pain Is hard But not trusting him- Is EVEN WORSE Dear Lord- PLEASE give us the FAITH TO TRUST IN YOU- Even in our pain For you are our HOPE- In Jesus' name- Robert P. Wallman 3-4-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney