April 30, 2001
"LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance."
Psalm 16:5-6
Over the weekend someone reminded me that God doesn't allow me to go through anything I'm not ready for. It's one of those truths I know and believe most of the time but every once in a while I hit a hard enough challenge that it doesn't seem possible. As I sit here this morning I started the day off unconvinced that I can really handle all that's before me... I realize that my choices are few. I either fight it all the way through to the end believing that God is with me and that he is walking me through this step by step or I can live miserable. Neither option is exactly what I'd call fun but one certainly makes much more sense than the other.! It's moments like these that I can hold on to God's unchanging nature and that of his word. Despite how I may feel day to day... God's Word is solid... it is truth... it is unchanging... God knows exactly who I am and what I'm going through. As David said while in the midst of great personal challenge, God has orchestrated the events of his life and has placed him exactly where he needs to be, given him the exact challenges he needed to build his character and develop his convictions. God is at work in my life in the same way... he has given me exactly what I need in this life, in both the blessings and the challenges. My lot, or my future is secure because God is in control of it and I have a delightful inheritance - heaven! When all this is over I'm going to heaven to be with God forever!!!!! Some days, some moments here and now aren't very much fun but whatever it takes to get me ready to be there - it will have been worth it