We all go through trials in our lives – some big and some small. They aren't fun and they aren't easy but if we learn to turn to the Lord as we go through them they help us grow stronger in our faith and work on other areas of our lives that may need some serious work or just some fine tuning.
There are times when it seems like everywhere we turn there is something else coming at us. It has not been an easy couple of months and there is still more to come. It is still July but already I am looking forward to the end of August. I told Rich Sunday that I know we all have trials to go through but I didn't think we were supposed to go through 20 at the same time (ok, so maybe it is really 5 or 6 not 20 but I am prone to exaggeration at times).
Finally I got to a point where I just closed off everything around me and concentrated on being alone with the Lord. I saw a vision of me standing in a circle with bright light shining down from above on me and a few feet around me and shadowy figures in the darkness around me. The shadowy figures were the things Satan has been trying to use against me. God was saying to me through the vision, "As long as you look to me you will be in the light. Everything that tries to come against you will just be an insignificant shadow. I will keep you safe."
The trials are still there but with the Lord's help I will get through them. We will finish moving and get the house in order, the kids will get registered in and be fine with starting a new school, the grown boys have to make their own decisions and my only job is to pray for them and be there to support them whether I agree with the decisions or not, finances will improve, the job situation will be worked out and the medical tests will come back with a clean bill of health. I am believing for all of these things and know that the Lord will come through and work miracles where needed. He always does.
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