\u201cThose who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, Lord.\u201d \u00a0Psalms 9:10
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I have a prayer closet. I was inspired after the movie \u201cWar Room.\u201d My husband and I went to see it one night in September of 2015. The very next day I cleaned out our guest room closet and put a chair in it. I have to admit, at first it felt silly to sit in a closet with my Bible. I started simply by just doing my Bible reading, writing in my journal. Since that time it has evolved into a sacred place in my home. I now have a desk, I sit on an exercise ball, the walls are covered in scriptures and prayer requests. I have a \u201cbucket\u201d where all answered prayers go. It\u2019s my office, it\u2019s where the Lord and I meet. It is my favorite place on earth. When my heart is broken, it is where I come. When I rejoice, it\u2019s where I come to rejoice with Him. When I\u2019m not home, I miss it. It\u2019s always the first place I come too when we get back. It\u2019s where I know I will always find God. It\u2019s our special place.
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My desktop has a glass overlay on it. Underneath it is more scripture and inspirational quotes I\u2019ve acquired over the years. This morning, when I sat down to write, I saw this one:
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FAITH IS ACTING LIKE GOD IS TELLING THE TRUTH!
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I have no idea where I found it or who wrote it, but just as I did here, it\u2019s written in all capital letters on my desk. That means, whenever I wrote it, I was telling myself, don\u2019t forget it. And until this morning, I hadn\u2019t thought of it. But isn\u2019t it true? Isn\u2019t that exactly what faith is, acting like God is telling the truth.
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When God says He won\u2019t abandon you, He means it. \u00a0He really won\u2019t. So why do we act like He does? Just because we don\u2019t feel His presence? \u00a0Just because He\u2019s not doing what we think He should do? Or is it because we don\u2019t think we\u2019re worthy of His attention? \u00a0Or He was never really with us in the first place?
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I have no idea why you might feel like God has abandoned you, but I can tell you for sure, He hasn\u2019t. I know this because His word says repeatedly He won\u2019t. A quick google search brought up 107 verses saying that very thing. Isn\u2019t it time we all started acting like God is telling the truth? If we never try we\u2019ll never know, we\u2019ll never grow, we\u2019ll never experience all God has for us. Determine to make that your goal today, no matter what, trust God and act like He\u2019s telling the truth.
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