It doesn’t all get fixed and made right until the very end.
Until then? It is hard, and He is with us.
Author of Notes From The Sparrow's Nest
Below Devotion from Pathways to His Presence
by Charles Stanley
SO many people I love are being tried by hard circumstances,
common to this broken, sin-cursed world,
but difficult as ever!
The Miracle-worker of old is the Miracle-worker of today!!
Oh pray that we call on Him until we hear Him say
'Son/daughter, Thy faith has made thee whole.
Go in peace...' Mark 5:34
It is not often up to us
To pick and choose the hues of life
The path of day-to-day runs thus;
Through golds and grays of joy and strife
The unpredictability
Of what we can see, but in part
Invites us universally
To trust in God with all our heart
For circumstances rise and fall
Poverty and prosperity
Both contend with the beck and call
Of love's accountability
We pick and choose hues of reply;
Whether we will acknowledge He
In all our ways, who knows the 'why'
That He withholds from you and me
Today's Altar of Sacrifice
Invites us to believe in God
Who paid pardon's ultimate price
And sheds His saving love abroad
...where, though it is not up to us
To choose the ups and downs that spill
The path of joy and peace is thus;
To hope in God and trust His will
Because until we shed the part
That cradles the immortal soul
To trust the Lord with all our heart
Will prove the faith that makes us whole
What age-old joy, to go in peace
Because 'Thy faith has made thee whole'
What modern-day miracle, this;
To rest in God's perfect control
Lord, bid obedience begin
With godly fear, humble and true
The miracle You work within
Starts with my/our faith and trust in You
Janet Martin
For each of life's let-downs there is a 'look up'!
Rom.5:1-5
Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
whose confidence is in Him.
He is like a tree planted by the waters
that sends out its roots toward the stream.
It does not fear when the heat comes,
and its leaves are always green.
It does not worry in a year of drought,
nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Prov.3:5-10
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [b]direct your paths.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
And strength[d] to your bones.
9Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
I know I've shared this hymn many times,
partly because it is a fav.
I love the picture the words paint,
resting in the cleft of the Rock!
