“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”
Mother Teresa
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What it means to have God as father
To know God as Father means to have a healer who will calm the storms that rage within. It means to have a father who will help you to “be strong, courageous, and firm; [and] be not in terror … for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.”[1] To know God as Father means to know what it is like to have a father who is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger, [and] abundant in kindness.”[2] And it means being able to trust a father who will never hurt you or let you down. You can trust God! He is with you now.
(Taken from Chapter two of my Book To Know God as Father
Keep Trusting
So what do you do when you have done everything that you thought you were supposed to do, and you still don’t have success?
What do you do if you have burned all of your bridges and you can’t go back, but you have had a setback and disappointment, and it feels as if everything might just fall apart around you?
You keep trusting God!!!
If you know that God has spoken something to you, than hold on to it. Do not let go of it for nothing!! God does not abandon his own.
The bible says:
“If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust? If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing. You’re at least decent to your own children. So don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?” (Matthew 7:9–11, The Message)
I am no stranger to setbacks, in fact I have recently had one of my own.
I stepped out, doing what I wholeheartedly believe that God called me to do, but I was rejected. It was a kind rejection, yet a rejection non-the-less.
So what am I, a person that has burned all her bridges, supposed to do with the fact that from the outside it looks like God has led me astray (or at the very least, he allowed me to lead myself astray)?
I hold on to that verse and so many, many more that speak of God’s love and heart toward me.
I hold on and believe the God did not lead me all this way to drop kick me to the curb.
I hold on and remind myself that God did not “call” me to England for no reason.
AND
Most Importantly
I hold on to the promise knowing that God did not change His mind!!!!
His promises are sure and trustworthy!!
I can trust Him!!!
And you can trust Him too!!
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Right where I need to be!
Every time I think I should have been born in the forties, so that I may have had a chance to dance with Astaire, or cuddle with Cary, or even shoot the writing bull with Hemingway, I remember that they did not have the technology that we have today. Yes Authors did have typewriters. But if they wanted to “cut and paste” they would have to bring out the scissors and glue. I remember that God made me exactly how I am and most importantly I am right where I need to be.
That helps when I take a look at my current crazy life. I think “if only I know exactly what my future holds,” or “if only I know exactly how I am going to manage getting ready for the move,” or “if only I know where the money is coming from.” Those dratted “if onlies!”
I have a long history with them. Our relationship started when I was young. The questions came like rain falling down upon my head night and day. “If only my dad was around.” and “If only I was popular like my siblings.” and “If only I was pretty like my friend.” And it continued to be my constant companion through my teenage years. “If only that boy liked me.” and “If only I wouldn’t of made that choice.” and “If only I had what they had.” Our friendship was cemented in my adult years “If only I could have more money.” and “If only I was skinny.” and “If only my husband wouldn’t of died and my kids had a father to embrace them the way that one does theirs.”
They say depth in relationships is a good thing but not where they are concerned. You see, I thought they were my closest ally but really they have been my biggest enemy. For all this time all the years when I was focusing inwardly on them, I was missing what was all around me.
Yes my dad wasn’t around me. But my mom was and she was great!! She baked cookies, talked with me, held down a full time job, made dinner from scratch every night, and even was my campfire leader. I have no idea where she found the time to do it all.
OK, so I was not as pretty as my friend, I was missing the fact that I had a friend that was my closest confidant for many, many years.
OK so I made some choices that I shouldn’t have. But I also made some great ones. Like choosing to walk down that church isle and give my life to Jesus at 9 and 1/2.
And finally, Yes it more than stinks that my husband died of cancer at 49. And yes it sometimes hurts to see fathers leading and guiding their children and embracing them when there are no physical father arms to embrace my own.
BUT
Although they are not all as close to God as I would like, looking back over these last 5 and 1/2 years I realize that He has always been close to them, leading and guiding them with an unseen hand.
And not only them but my as well. I have seen him do amazing things in my life and now to put the cherry on the top of it He is sending me to England, a place I have wanted to go to since I was a small child.
While I am wishing and hoping that it will all work out OK and that there are just way to many things that must come together in a very short time, and while I am reminding God of all those things and more, I am reminded by Him if I had everything figured out and no miracles were required then my move to England would not be much of a testimony.
So instead of wasting my days wishing and hoping for this or that. I am going to spend these last few months in America and look around me and enjoy everything as it unfolds and know that I am exactly where I need to be.
For I am in the center of His will.
And if you are following after Him so are you.
If Not why wait!
I Am Trusting God 