Faithful to the End..
Or Faithful till the end, for that matter. Think about it. He has no end. He died, He rose again and now He lives to make intercession for me, and you too. AND we have no end. We’re going to be with Him for eternity. So really, in saying this, it’s declaring His love is without end… yeah.. that’s intense.
AND REMEMBER…
God is always, ALWAYS, with you. Even in the bad.
Besides…… Where in the Bible does it say everything is easy and we don’t suffer? Point me there and I’ll read it. What it does say is be patient in your suffering. Be confident in your hope. God is always with us, through trials and tribulations, and during though good times when we sit underneath His shade eating apples and raisins. At all times He is there. ALL TIMES.
In our broken humanity at the first sign of hardship we assume that God isn’t there to help us. He abandoned us because we became too much for Him. He got tired of pulling us up out of the mire. And He turned His back on us. Well if you, and me too, would stop pointing fingers at God and actually look at what He’s doing we might realize He never left. He’s been there the whole time watching over us. He was leading us but we chose our own path, and that’s how we got broken in the first place. And I think that sometimes God allows hardships in our lives in order to show us are depravity that we might humble ourselves and come to Him for help… Cause He wants to help us, He really does.
Now, where was I? Oh. Yes! Nothing is easy. Adam and Eve had the whole easy living thing going for them in the Garden of Eden. Then sin entered the picture. And because of that we have to daily deal with the sin in our life. We’re always going to be weak. Life will always be hard. And so on and so forth. But the thing is, God loves us. He loves everything about us. You’re thinking, “but I’m sooo weak and I mess up. And. And. And.”
Ummmmm… HELLO! He created you. He knows your weaknesses better than you do. He says come to me all you who are weak… I think He doesn’t mind. And about life being so tough, think about it. Really think about it. God doesn’t give you what you can’t handle. He just doesn’t. Sure it may seem as though you’re drowning in your problems but you’re not. Jesus is your rock, your shelter from the storm. So when life’s circumstances rain down a little too hard, you don’t have to simply endure it. He’ll give you grace to make it through. All you gotta do is ask. And the hardest part about that is getting past your pride. Because asking isn’t hard at all.
I read this quote once: “It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.” And it has really stuck with me (and I only read it a few days ago).
Life is a journey, I know, I know- cliché. But it’s true. And yes it’s hard and rarely easy. That’s why it’s a journey. It only comes one day at a time. And part of that journey includes going through valleys, and stumbling in the darkness so that in the end you can come up from the wilderness, leaning. It’s a long and narrow road. But it is most definitely not lonely. There’s a Shepherd who is leading you through. All you have to do is follow. Say yes to the invitation. And on those hard days, well I can’t say they’ll be easier or even less painful, but I can say with certainty that they are a lot more bearable knowing what it is that matters in the end.
He loves me. In the end, He still loves me. Through the journey, He loves me. That’s why He leads me. He faithfully loves me- even to death. The least I can do is trek through this journey, one day at a time, loving him in return.
Amen? Amen.
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