The Promise > The Circumstance

"Here's a principle to keep in mind: The promises of God are as real as the circumstances you are in. Your circumstances say 'God has forgotten you.' Your circumstances say, 'I look for God, and just when I need God to come through for me, God doesn't seem to be any place.' That's what your circumstances say. The promise of God says, 'I will not leave you. I will never forsake you.' And that promise is just as real as the circumstances you are in. And so by faith, we look beyond our circumstances and we look to the promises of God."

 ~Jerry Bridges

It's easy to miss the DASH on your tombstone

“LIFE  IS  WHAT  HAPPENS

WHILE  YOU'RE  WAITING  FOR  LIFE  TO  START."

"And so we say, 'As soon as I get through this thing,

then I can really get down to living my life.

As soon as I get through school;

as soon as I get my kids raised;

as soon as I get through with this thing,

then there will be nothing but good coming down the pike.'

I want to tell you something, it never works that way.

Good and bad grow together,

they are intertwined inseparably together.

Good and bad travel on parallel tracks

and they usually arrive at about the same time.

And there is a judgment beyond our judgment.

Faith isn’t the power to change things to the way you want them.

Faith is the courage to face things as they are."

- Pastor Ron Dunn 

www.RonDunn.com

"you do not know

   

what your life will be like tomorrow.

You are just a vapor

  

that appears for a little while

  

and then vanishes away."

- James 4:14

Reality vs. Appearance

"When circumstances seem impossible,

when all signs of grace in you seem at their lowest ebb,

when temptation is fiercest,

when love and joy and hope seem well-nigh extinguished in your heart,

then rest,

without feeling and without emotion,

in the Father's faithfulness."

-D. Tryon 

"Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness.

Whether life is good or bad,

God's goodness,

rooted in His character,

is the same."

-H. Lescheid

"The Ache" {re-shared}

by Ruthann P.

"I feel the ache

when I think it's all up to me

when this life is all I can see

when the failures haunt

when the lies listened to feel

when I want to see what isn't yet

The ache is the edge of choice...

... read the rest HERE

Miserere Mei Deus

"Have Mercy On Me O God"

~ Psalm 51 ~

"Miserere Mei Deus"

by Gregorio Allegri

"I Just Can't Do It"

 
"...I guess I need to try harder" 

Read:  His Strength Your Victory

"It is great comfort to know that God loved us when there was nothing to attract His love, because He will not be surprised by anything He discovers in us and will not turn form us at those manifestations of evil that sometimes make us lose heart. He knew the worst from the first. He did not love us because we were pure and untarnished, but to make us so. We cannot understand it, but since He began, He will not fail or become discouraged until He has finished His work.” -F.B. Meyer

"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."
Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV)