It is inevitable that sometimes trouble
will appear, and it has no sense of timing.
What a dismal way to start a blog. But wait … it gets better.
I have been reading from one of my favorite
authors this week – Brennan Manning. The
book is Ruthless Trust.
Check this out.
“Jesus assured us of two things; presence
and promise.
“In the world you will have trouble.”
And he further says:
“Fear not.
I have overcome the world.”
Brennan says this: “What
he promised was that during our desolate hours there would be one set of
footprints.”
I love that. The imagery alone is an encouragement. He is carrying me – you too. Picture that one.
And check this out:
“In the
midst of the ruins – in the premature death of a loved one, in the hell on
earth we call a crack house, in the ache of heartbreak, in the sheer
malevolence of Kosovo, Rwanda, tsunamis, economic collapse and troubling political
regimes – the presence of God abides.”
He has not kept us from the
heartache. He has kept us in the
middle of the heartache. That is God
showing up in our troubled world.
Be encouraged today.
P Michael
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