\u201cYou reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy, at Your right hand are eternal pleasures.\u201d Psalm 16:11 CSB
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God is life, with Him is abundant joy and eternal pleasures. No matter what you\u2019re going through in life, He is with you. I was reminded of this last weekend when I watched the Brene Brown special on Netflix, \u201cCall to Courage.\u201d It really would be worth the hour and ten minutes it takes to watch. At one point she is talking about her God moment which led her to her current path. The moment she described was not when she was on a mountaintop, it was when she was in a valley. When she was at her lowest is when the moment happened.
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We all have that moment in our lives when we\u2019ve hit rock bottom. When we\u2019re done. When we\u2019re curled up in our p.j.\u2019s on the couch, peanut butter jar in one hand, spoon in the other, hiding from the world. I know I certainly have, more than once and probably not for the last time, unfortunately. But God always shows up. As I listened to Brene\u2019s story unfold, I could see God chasing after as she was sinking, right there ready to catch her when she needed Him too. That\u2019s how cool God is. He did it for her, He\u2019s done it for me, He\u2019ll do it for you. Just trust Him.
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Easier said than done.
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I struggle with trusting God. In fact, recently God has been showing me how much I don\u2019t trust Him. In ways I didn\u2019t even realize. But in order to take the next step in my life, I must trust Him. And I find it difficult. I\u2019m tired of being hurt and beat up. Following Jesus isn\u2019t for the faint of heart. People have lots of opinions about people who follow Jesus, whether inside or outside of the church. You get blamed for them all when you follow Jesus; good, bad and ugly. There is some ugly out there that no one ever wants to see. I\u2019m a little battle weary these days. I need some rest. I can\u2019t do it by myself anymore, I can only do it with Jesus.
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But you know what, I\u2019m living in abundant joy. I feel more alive than ever. I can see God working everywhere. I literally can\u2019t wait to see what He\u2019s up to next. Because even if I\u2019m having a hard time trusting Him today, I haven\u2019t forgotten all He has already done for me. I\u2019m in good hands. And so are you. That I know.
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