Sometimes God says No.
God
doesn’t ask me to understand it or agree with it or like it. But if I’m going
to have half a chance at happiness in the midst of it, I’m going to have learn
to say okay.
Okay to that thing I really believe I ought to have but God
says no to. Okay deprived of the reason and the whys.
Just a pure and trusting unconditional…okay.
But when I say it…if I’ll say it… something mysterious
and divine begins to happen.
God makes it okay.
Okay God, Your will, not mine. Advancing YOUR kingdom in this
world, not mine.
That’s when God steps in and holds me close and whispers sweet
truths into my brokenness.
That thing I deeply wanted. That thing I feared most. That
word I could hardly utter…became okay.
And here’s a bit of wisdom I’d never known ‘til now—
Before I knew it, contentment tiptoed in my heart. To the point
where after a while I wondered what all that worry and stress was about anyway.
Because it really was okay.
Life with Jesus is about
surrendering to the adventure of now. Fearless Living. The bible says, “Do not
be afraid” 365 times. Once for each day of the year.
Abandon all worries and fears and
simply abide in Christ — all is well.
The peace, the shalom is found in
the release of everything into the hands of God. Isn’t it all safer in Divine
hands anyway? Abandon and abide — all is well.
“When peace like a river attendeth
my way,
When sorrow like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, God has taught me
to say:
It is well…It is well with my
soul”
