God is smiling....

Knowing God is in control of your life and the He alone knows the "big picture" of your life while we try not to get lost in the woods gives me great comfort. It relieves me of having to worry about what's going to happen and if everything is going to 'work out'. I just give it all to God. That's HIS job. I'm just along for the ride. He's the pilot...I'm the passenger. I love this set up.
Though, sometimes it's not easy to NOT know what's going to happen  because we want to be in control and that's where FAITH comes in. You simply have to have faith that God IS in control and that God loves you enough to care about what happens to you in this life.

Faith isn't always easy. Faith is easier for people when their life is going well. When they have a job, their health is good, their bills are paid and there is nothing going 'wrong' in their lives. That's not having true faith.

Faith is shown and displayed in the darkest part of the tunnel... when life is NOT going your way... when your world is crashing down around you and all you can do somedays is wake up and breathe... when in the midst of your darkness, when in the peak of your unknown future, when the mountain top can't even be seen because the clouds are hovering above...when you can call out to Jesus and stand in the knowledge that God IS in control... that is faith.

“Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.” Arthur Helps
Oh so very true... you can't get strong when you don't lift any weights...




The last four years have been a very bumpy road for me... complete with some very dark tunnels...

“If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.” Corrie TenBoom

God never left me. He was always there shining His light giving me direction.


These last six months have been a 'blessing in disguise' having suffered a work injury and having to have knee surgery... off work all this time... still waiting for the second surgery. My friends and family have thought I was crazy having the attitude that I've had about the injury and having to have surgery... I think they even thought that perhaps I was a masochist with the surgery. They thought me weird to think of a injury and surgery as a 'blessing' after all... blessings aren't supposed to have pain and hardship...are they?
Aren't blessings supposed to be like money pouring from heaven? soft cuddly teddy bears? new cars? great job? anything other than pain and hardship!...

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise” Oscar Wilde (smart man)


It's ALL a matter of perspective... I immediately looked at my hardship as a blessing because I know that I know that I know that GOD IS in control of my life! God loves ME! And that with that perspective in mind... I know that the situation will work out. Knowing that it will work out with a great blessing of an outcome! There have been so many blessings that have come from the injury already... God is good!
And I have recently found out there are more blessings to come and I just know that my Father in heaven is smiling down at me and my excitement for having discovered something He knew all along! Because I wasn't worried about the situation I never bothered to look ahead.
 Friends recently were urging me to look ahead (their concern for my 'dismal'  life and future) and so I did... and what did I find?... An amazing blessing that God knew all along!...So, I see God smiling with me today as a loving Papa as I discovered something He knew all along and happy to see my delight and happier even more so that I put ALL my trust in HIM these last six months and didn't question what was happening. I think my Papa is smiling with me in my joy of what's to come and happy that He knows that I fully trust Him.