God Can Do All Things

"We doubt your goodness...
We doubt your love...
As if every promise from your Word is not enough.
But all the while you hear each desperate plea.

What if healing comes through tears?...
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know you're near?
What if the aching of this life is the revealing of a greater thirst...
this world can't satisfy?

What if the trials of this life are your mercies in disguise?...

This is not our home...."

My heart aches for what was as I try to figure out what the Lord has for me in this stage of my life.  No big disasters or illnesses or deaths have clouded my view, only the loss of what my life once consisted of and the uncertainty of what my life now holds.  I have two choices:

I can allow myself to be overwhelmed and dwell on what once was.
OR
I can make a conscious decision to teach my children to be content with where God has placed them and to make the most of every opportunity.

                  In other words:

I can view this change as a disappointment, a heartache, a challenge I don't want to face...
OR
I can face it straight on as an opportunity, a growing experience, a challenge I will overcome!

I need to be heavenly minded.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."  This is my life verse and has been for many years.  Nothing can overcome me or beat me down unless I allow it to.  "Lord, I am grateful that you never give me more than I can handle.  Help me to remember this and cling to it always!  You are my stronghold!  I will praise you always!  For you are the Almighty, my Savior, my God, my Father, my Friend.  Comfort me and direct me in all I do, Lord."