Something to share...

Yesterday I read and listened to something that impacted my life and I just wanted to pass it on to you. It's from a woman called Nancy Guthrie. She shared her testimony and a few words with pastors' wives at a Sovereign Grace Pastors' conference. These are some of her words in her speech:

“I wonder if anyone in this room has ever sensed that God has said “no” to you? You prayed for there to be reconciliation in the marriage and it ended in divorce. You prayed for resources and you were willing to work and yet still the house went into foreclosure or the business went into bankruptcy. You prayed for that child to turn toward you or turn toward faith and he has lingered in rebellion. You prayed for and begged God and believed God for healing and yet have had to learn to live with the discomfort or the disability. I know many of you know what it is to go to God with a righteous, rigorous, repeated prayer and sense that heaven is closed to you, that God has said “no” to you. Sometimes God glorifies himself by delivering us from the difficulty and sometimes he glorifies himself by delivering us through the difficulty that he does not take away from us.”

         You can listen to the complete speech here :)

It was challenging and encouraging to listen to someone who has gone through something so painful and hard, deal with such a situation, and at the same time be content by the truth she holds on to and honest about it all. As Christians, I think we tend to either fake it and pretend things are well (because we convince ourselves that everything will be alright) when something is wrong or hard in our lives or to become discontent with life and eventually bitter with it. This woman puts something so valuable yet something that is not preached as often anywhere into perspective, and that is the Gospel.
I was reminded of many truths yesterday, and though I may not be facing the worst right now in my life, I was able to put things into perspective in my life and be thankful for where I was, who I am, and how my life is because of Him.
Don't get me wrong though, I have gone through things I consider hard and difficult in my life and have felt the same way Nancy Guthrie worded it, but to know and trust in someone who is Sovereign, is.....hard....yet...possible. :)
Maybe you are not going through something hard, maybe you are...either way, the encouragement should be for everyone because we are still loved by the same God with the same love!  :)
If there is anything I can pray for, please, email me or contact me. I would love to do so.
Requests or praises....everything is welcome! :)