Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Days are dark and nights are darker. Walking a path of grief may feel like we are meandering around aimlessly without seeing where our next step will be. Life doesn’t make sense anymore. We have questions but no answers. Sometimes we have unformed questions we don’t even know how to articulate. Our brains are in a fog. On some days it’s just difficult to think, much less get out of bed.
Why does God allow bad things to happen to us? There is no easy answer. Perhaps He allows pain and suffering because through those difficult experiences, we learn to trust Him more. The Lord desires us to be in relationship with Him. Trusting Him with the painful circumstances of our lives draws us closer to Jesus and into a more intimate relationship with Him.
What does it mean to trust God? The dictionary says the word trust means to believe, to have confidence in, and to hope. Do you believe God is ultimately in control of your life? Do you have confidence in His ability to take care of you? Do you have hope that God will lead you on a path of healing?
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to place our trust in God. To lean on His understanding means to rely on His wisdom through His word to us, the Bible. Seeking Jesus in all we do, in all our ways, will enable Him to guide us on that straight and direct path to healing. We won’t have to meander around anymore on a circuitous route where we wander around in our grief. Jesus takes us by the hand and leads us to wholeness and peace.
Even though our sense of loss is great, God is greater still. Trust Him. Lean on Him. Walk with Him on your path to hope and healing.
Dear Jesus, thank you that You desire to be in an intimate relationship with me. Teach me to trust You more each day, to lean on Your wisdom and Your understanding, and to guide me along Your path to hope and healing. Amen.
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Copyright © 2015 by Dawn Dailey. All rights reserved.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
Days are dark and nights are darker. Walking a path of grief may feel like we are meandering around aimlessly without seeing where our next step will be. Life doesn’t make sense anymore. We have questions but no answers. Sometimes we have unformed questions we don’t even know how to articulate. Our brains are in a fog. On some days it’s just difficult to think, much less get out of bed.
Why does God allow bad things to happen to us? There is no easy answer. Perhaps He allows pain and suffering because through those difficult experiences, we learn to trust Him more. The Lord desires us to be in relationship with Him. Trusting Him with the painful circumstances of our lives draws us closer to Jesus and into a more intimate relationship with Him.
What does it mean to trust God? The dictionary says the word trust means to believe, to have confidence in, and to hope. Do you believe God is ultimately in control of your life? Do you have confidence in His ability to take care of you? Do you have hope that God will lead you on a path of healing?
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to place our trust in God. To lean on His understanding means to rely on His wisdom through His word to us, the Bible. Seeking Jesus in all we do, in all our ways, will enable Him to guide us on that straight and direct path to healing. We won’t have to meander around anymore on a circuitous route where we wander around in our grief. Jesus takes us by the hand and leads us to wholeness and peace.
Even though our sense of loss is great, God is greater still. Trust Him. Lean on Him. Walk with Him on your path to hope and healing.
Dear Jesus, thank you that You desire to be in an intimate relationship with me. Teach me to trust You more each day, to lean on Your wisdom and Your understanding, and to guide me along Your path to hope and healing. Amen.
Want to subscribe to future posts? Click here.
Copyright © 2015 by Dawn Dailey. All rights reserved.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
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