A Challenge

It greets me every morning and welcomes me at the end of the day. A treasure filled with illustrations reminding me of God’s truths is my Bible.

The verse on the cover says it all: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6.

Trusting in the Lord with all your heart means that I must trust that we made the right decision to send Corey to high school in another state. I need to be at rest with the fact that I will not be a part of any of the senior activities, although they may be limited during the pandemic anyway.

Even though I know that my father could pass away without a visit in such a long time, I must trust God’s ways. I need to understand that God’s ways are not my ways. If He chooses to take him before the pandemic is over, I must be able to trust that He knows the length of my father’s life. God directs my father’s paths, not me.

Trusting in the Lord with all your heart means that I must be patient in affliction and deal with a myriad of decisions that people do or do not like. I need to let things brush off my shoulders even though the pain is intense. I need to constantly remember the words, “The Lord is with you mighty warrior”.

Trusting in the Lord means that friends who I thought were friends may react in a way that feels like betrayal, but I need to trust that God has a plan for that situation. Despite my feelings of discouragement, God is using everything for His glory.

Trusting in the Lord with all your heart means that I must trust that He is in control of outcomes. These include but are not limited to COVID tests, biopsies of relatives and friends, a seventeen year old driving back and forth from Michigan amidst busy traffic, and the pandemic that never seems to end.

Trusting in the Lord with all your heart means that each day is a gift and not a challenge.

Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God” as the journey continues.