Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
As you walk with God this week meditate on this verse; know that no matter what you are going through God is with you, and He will protect you and see you through whatever you are facing.
Just "Hold on"...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yofE9mWrVcc
If God has carried you through a difficult situation consider sharing your testimony here so others can be encouraged by what God has done in your life and find hope in their circumstances.
ReplyDeleteTwo years ago I believed fervently that God was with me every step I took, as believe now. However, last year I wasn't able to see that through the circumstances I was living through. I know everyone goes through hard times. I thought my hard times were when I lost my dad, when I lost a best friend, or when I had two miscarriages. I had no idea how much harder life could be. The thin sheet of glass, we call life, shattered for me. I wasn't expecting the emotional severity of what life dealt me. The man I had loved and committed 14 years of my life to become mentally ill. The multiple hours of every morning, every afternoon, all day long every weekend [and I don't even want to remember holidays] that my children and I had to endure his delusional rantings has left me with nightmares that would rival a horror movie. In the process, we lost everything; except our three boys. I wasn't able to see God's hand or love through the better part of those sixteen months I stayed with him, thinking I could handle it. At the time it began, I was working full-time, going to school full-time, and I had a four month old baby [and my older two boys]. I had put up my Bible and completely stopped praying. My mistake in my Christian walk lie with the choice I made. I was choosing to handle things the way I saw would help. I stopped believing God cared. In my mind, I thought, how a loving father could let his child endure such pain and how could he let my precious boys go through what they did. I let my pain overshadow my beliefs: what I had studied and knew to be true through prayer and Bible verse. It took me over six months after I took my boys and left my husband to see that God did take care of me; it just didn't happen in my time. Now, I am tenderly trying to rebuild my relationship with God. I am so grateful God kept holding onto me, even when I couldn't feel it.
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