Gone. I'm not going to go into details. Suffice it to say, it was a strange and sad ending. Right now it seems permanent, more permanent than it ever has. Yet, it's going to be all right.
Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to say that everything will be ideal. I don't mean to say that in the end things will have turned out the way they should have. I can't see into the future. What I do know, however, is that whatever happens, God will have been good. That's a comfort. We humans are so frail and faulty, prone to evil, yet "he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him." Psalm 92:15b. People that witnessed the works that Jesus did remarked, "He hath done all things well:" (Mark 7:37) and the record is no different today.
Of His friend Abraham, God said in Genesis 18:19, "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." I know God, and I can rest in Who He is, regardless of the situation. Though all else fails me, even myself, He stays the same.
Sean's gone, but the good Lord remains.
Yes, all will be well.
May He bless you,
Jean
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Far More Glorious
I had hope. It wasn't a hope that would have been fulfilled any time soon as far as I knew, but it remained alive. God had ways of doing things that I was totally unaware of, and if it was meant to be, things would come together. I also knew it may not be what He had in mind, and prayed accordingly.
I learned not long ago that my hope was, if all went according to what I read, dashed. I knew all along that I may be disappointed someday, but nevertheless felt it when possibility became reality. Oh, the best laid plans can change, and these won't be executed till sometime in the future. But it would be wicked to put stock into that sort of hope. Besides that, it stands so weakly!
It may be that their plans are part of God's plan to save them and do some great work through them. Who can tell? Whatever the case, one fact is absolutely certain: the salvation of each is far more important than any earthly desire of mine. Let's imagine that this scenario is true, that God did indeed orchestrate this very thing. I have the power to help or to hinder them on this journey, to love or to hate them. Love "seeketh not her own," the Bible says (1 Corinthians 13:5).
I choose to love. The success of any venture depends on God's blessing it, so I will continue to pray--and pray even more. Whatever happens, I know that some good will come from what I've decided to do. May the bigger picture never fade from view. May self be swallowed up in realizing the privilege I possess in contributing to an end far more glorious than I can imagine.
God bless,
Jean
I learned not long ago that my hope was, if all went according to what I read, dashed. I knew all along that I may be disappointed someday, but nevertheless felt it when possibility became reality. Oh, the best laid plans can change, and these won't be executed till sometime in the future. But it would be wicked to put stock into that sort of hope. Besides that, it stands so weakly!
It may be that their plans are part of God's plan to save them and do some great work through them. Who can tell? Whatever the case, one fact is absolutely certain: the salvation of each is far more important than any earthly desire of mine. Let's imagine that this scenario is true, that God did indeed orchestrate this very thing. I have the power to help or to hinder them on this journey, to love or to hate them. Love "seeketh not her own," the Bible says (1 Corinthians 13:5).
I choose to love. The success of any venture depends on God's blessing it, so I will continue to pray--and pray even more. Whatever happens, I know that some good will come from what I've decided to do. May the bigger picture never fade from view. May self be swallowed up in realizing the privilege I possess in contributing to an end far more glorious than I can imagine.
God bless,
Jean
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