This week I was reminded of God's grace towards me in so many ways. I realized that we are so blessed in this country, even as we struggle to put food on the table and keep a roof over our heads. I know that I have been blessed by the support I've received from so many people. I think it's because I can relate to where they are at and can see the pain they are going through more clearly than I had before now. Some say that suffering grows a person if they let it. I believe that is so. Sometimes it's extremely difficult to understand why the Lord seemingly allows bad things to happen to us. Yes, I do that. I admit that freely. The Lord knows our struggles and our fears. He knows how hard it is to stand when it seems like the world has turn its collective back on you. Yet I do stand. I do have a purpose, a God given purpose and a calling.Suffering can also embitter a person if they let it. You tell yourself that you're just another "cog" in the wheel. You don't understand how anyone could love you or even care. You shut yourself off to any help, and tell yourself that you can do it yourself. Oh, I know those feelings too. They choke the life out of you. They whisper that you should just give up and give in. What is one less person in the world?
Oh, don't you know that you are precious in God's eyes? He loves you. He loved you so much that he sent his son to die for you and more than that....Christ took your sin on himself and became the Sacrifice. I am blown away by this because of what happened next. Christ rose again! It gets even better....He's coming back to bring us to his Kingdom to live with him forever more. Just thinking about that makes me feel like singing "Hallelujah!".
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