tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131044708309645719.post8033098845690715773..comments2023-07-06T12:46:33.572+02:00Comments on Musings of a Hedgepickle: Living in the aftermathAjnos Gamgeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847479825646638118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131044708309645719.post-25237843198211242742011-04-29T00:45:38.456+02:002011-04-29T00:45:38.456+02:00I sympathize with finding it difficult to truly le...I sympathize with finding it difficult to truly let go of your dream, instead clinging to the hope that a miracle will happen. And it does feel good in its own way to wrap oneself in self-pity. God has already shown much work in you in that you see where you are struggling and are turning to Him for help. I know the day will come when you will look back and praise Him for this.<br /><br /><i>Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful. For I know that the LORD is great, and our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the LORD pleases He does. All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. He does great things which we cannot comprehend. As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power in judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways," says the LORD. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts. The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands. But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.</i><br /><br />Ps 116:5, Ps 135:5-6, Job 37:5,23, Is 55:8-9, Ps 138:8, Ph 3:7-10becauseofHimhttp://www.squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131044708309645719.post-63563865212350413962011-04-28T19:01:36.668+02:002011-04-28T19:01:36.668+02:00Dear, dear Ajnos, this is truly where you must cho...Dear, dear Ajnos, this is truly where you must choose to TRUST. He knows the plans He has for you, and in His sovereignty, no one can thwart Him. He will truly use it ALL--the confusion, the questions, the doubts, your weaknesses--to bring it about. He is your GOOD Shepherd, and He knows the path. The only way you'll get through this thick fog is by clinging that much more tightly to Him--for even the night is as bright as the day to Him. I have been and will continue to pray for you, dear one! *snugs* from Violamom. :-) <><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com