CHALLENGED BY LIFE

CHALLENGED BY LIFE Do you feel challenged By life? Do the setbacks in life Seem to be overwhelming you? Don't worry It happens to us ALL NO matter how smart Or how strong that we are Life PRESENTS CHALLENGES to us That we can't overcome By ourselves That is WHERE GOD COMES IN “Oh Lord-to you I call Hasten to me Hearken to my voice WHEN I call upon you” Psalm 141:1 GOD ANSWERS the call For us Or at least-he HELPS US Answer the call Helps us To FACE the challenges of life Just look back at your PAST The TRUTH is so clear God has already GUIDED us (you and me) Through so many past problems That we could never have resolved All by ourselves The health problems That we have faced The financial problems That we have faced And the RELATIONSHIP problems That we have gone through “FORGET the former things Do not dwell on the past” Isaiah 43:18 But do not forget HOW God has helped you In the past-and How he WILL help you again “Whoever Invokes a BLESSING In the land- Will do so by THE ONE TRUE GOD Whoever takes an oath In the land Will swear By the ONE TRUE GOD For the PAST trouble Will be forgotten And hidden from my eyes” Isaiah 65:16 CHALLENGED by life In the past God helped us meet our troubles And he will help us AGAIN In the present-and in the future God always RESPONDS To our needs And he does so in oh so many ways He helped us in the past And he gives us the FAITH That we need-to KNOW That he will help us again GOD really wants the BEST for us And because- We don't really understand What is best for us We don't understand How his answers fit our needs In these difficult times These difficult CHALLENGES God gives us STRENGTH To TRUST in his love “But I trust In your UNFAILING LOVE My heart REJOICES In your salvation” Psalm 13:5 And this trust in the Lord BECOMES OUR PEACE For the challenges We face in this world Robert P. Wallman 5-21-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.