God's purposes aren't always immediately
clear, but you can always rest assured that you're in His care, and
that things will work together for good in the end-someway, somehow.
When you're going through trying times, in spite of the battles, in spite of the loss, in spite of the confusion, in spite of the heartbreak, you must hold on to the knowledge that the Lord loves you. His love is unchanging, unfailing and unending. No matter what happens, no matter how bleak the outlook, no matter how difficult the battle, no matter how long and dark the tunnel, no matter how severe the suffering, He loves you! He doesn't give His love stingily. He doesn't mete out a little here or a little there as you earn it. He always pours forth His love freely and abundantly!
When you're going through trying times, in spite of the battles, in spite of the loss, in spite of the confusion, in spite of the heartbreak, you must hold on to the knowledge that the Lord loves you. His love is unchanging, unfailing and unending. No matter what happens, no matter how bleak the outlook, no matter how difficult the battle, no matter how long and dark the tunnel, no matter how severe the suffering, He loves you! He doesn't give His love stingily. He doesn't mete out a little here or a little there as you earn it. He always pours forth His love freely and abundantly!
Jesus has promised you, “I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20 KJV). He also promises, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). Even through the darkest and most trying times, the Lord is always “a Friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). He is there in the darkness. He is there in the trial. He is there in the test. He is there in the confusion. He is there in the depths. He is there because He loves you. He is there to help you through.
Jesus doesn't like to see you suffer and be unhappy, but He knows you have to go through these things in order to become the man or woman He wants you to be and to fulfill your part in God's great plan-even as He had to go through the agony of dying on the cross for the sins of the world.
When you come to the end of life's road and look back at all that happened to you, you'll see just how much the Lord loved you and how faithfully He cared for you all along the way, especially when the going got rough. It will be clear then that the rocks in your path were not placed there to cause you to stumble, but they were meant to be steppingstones to glory-the glory of utter dependence upon the Lord, the glory of His Spirit working through the humble spirit, the trusting soul, the yielded mind, the loving heart.
So no matter what hard turns your road may take, remember that Jesus is with you. He cares, and He will eventually cause even the “worst” situations to work together for your good. He has promised to.
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