I think a Change would do us good...

Psalm 116

⁵ The Lord is kind and does what is right;
our God is merciful.
⁶ The Lord watches over the foolish;
when I was helpless, he saved me.
⁷ I said to myself, "Relax,
because the Lord takes care of you."
⁸ Lord, you saved me from death.
You stopped my eyes from crying;
you kept me from being defeated.
⁹ So I will walk with the Lord
in the land of the living.
¹⁰ I believed, so I said,
"I am completely ruined."
¹¹ In my distress I said,
"All people are liars."

¹² What can I give the Lord
for all the good things he has given to me?
¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation,
and I will pray to the Lord.
¹⁴ I will give the Lord what I promised
in front of all his people.

I can remember a year ago...the place I was in...It's just what psalm 116:8-11 says...I really was full of tears and discouragement declaring all people to be liars because of hurt relationships. Little did I know healing was coming...It didn't come when I thought it should..but it came, and it came just in time. I couldn't see redemption but redemption had a name and He was there all along.. making something beautiful out of my mess. I can remember not understanding, I mean really not getting it..not understanding why I had to be in that place. I thought I was as close to God as I could be...I didn't see that there was so much more than what I had known. Even now...My eyes are just opened that there is more of the Father's heart to discover. There's more freedom for me in Him. I want to encourage all of you who are reading this. Our God is good and Faithful. Psalm 111:7-9 says "Everything He does is good and fair; ALL his orders can be trusted. They will continue forever. They were made true and right. He sets his people Free. He made his agreement everlasting, He is holy and wonderful." I'm thankful God can be TRUSTED. Every order, decree, plan, action, deed is PERFECT for He IS Holy and Wonderful! It is sweet to trust Him...to know that His love and character doesn't change...He doesn't wake up one day and decide not to be faithful to me, He cannot lie. He keeps His promises and He alone can be trusted. It's cool to go back and read old journal entries and to see the Lord's hand all around me..In my family, my decisions, all that is happening in my life and I've learned we MUST focus on what is constant...and guess what? NOTHING is but HIM. We must fix our eyes like a doves..only looking at Jesus. Things around will always change and be changing..and they can't be trusted to tell us anything, Only His word and His love can be trusted.