God never said He would exempt me from trouble, only that He would be with me through it and I am here to tell you, He speaks the truth! There have been times I could more easily have crumbled than continued, but His faithfulness never wavered. I wavered... He never did.
The New Testament book of Romans shows me that my challenges pale when compared to those of the apostle Paul, who gave up all earthly comforts and forged ahead on his mission to speak of his Christ. He endured unimaginable challenges and God used him in a mighty way throughout them all. Many people, myself especially, could easily have caved under Paul's pressures but Paul believed in God's faithfulness and he persevered. Does it always make sense? To be honest, no, it doesn't. But that's where my human logic leaves off and my faith takes over.
"Either Jesus is a deceiver, having deceived even Paul, or else some extraordinary thing happens to someone who holds on to the love of God when the odds are totally against him. Logic is silenced in the face of each of these things which come against him. Only one thing can account for it- the love of God in Christ Jesus."-Oswald Chambers (My Utmost for His Highest- Updated Edition).
Again, great timing for this encouragement.
Thanks, Oswald.
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in creation, will be able to separate us [me] from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ."-Romans 8:38, 39 (NIV).
"He [she] will call on Me and I will answer him [her];
I will be with him [her] ] in trouble.
I will deliver him [her] and honor him [her].'-Psalm 91:15 (NIV).
On the health front:
I'm still under house arrest. Friday's Neupogen hopefully stimulated the production of some white blood cells and tomorrow's dose should take over where Friday's left off.
Another week of surprises ahead, but then, aren't they all?😊
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