Dark Times

All of us have dark times in our lives. We question God and wonder what in the world He's doing. Or why he's putting us through these circumstances. Or we scream, if You really loved me, You wouldn't do this to me!

Yet the Bible tells us that we will go through hard times. That we should rejoice and praise God in those dark times.

Easier said then done because our human nature likes it best when things are going well for us and we don't have to worry about anything.

Life is hard and at times, very messy.

Still, we through our sorrow, or angry or anguish, we still need to praise God. It will carry us through no matter how illogical it seems. 

Storms of Life

Most of us know 'FootPrints'. A man has a dream and looks back at his life, sometimes seeing two sets of prints and sometimes only one. Disturbed, he asks the  Lord about it wondering why, during the hardest times of his life, he sees only one set.

The Lord replies, "My precious, precious child. I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering,why you see only one set of footprints, it was then I carried you."

Odd that even today, we tend to forget that God NEVER, EVER forsakes us. It isn't He who leave us rather we who ignore him.

Remember in the hard times, or the storms of life, moan and wail around us, that God walks with us through it. He doesn't abandon us and leave us to flounder and drown.

Jesus didn't allow Peter to drown to he walked on the water. Instead, he put out a hand and pulled his disciple to safety.

God will do the same for us. Don't EVER take your eyes off Him!