Hallelujah! We Are Not Alone

I will be putting the weekly blog on pause for a while. I'll still be sharing things as the Lord uses my everyday stories and struggles, but I am going to take a break from posting weekly right now.  To be honest, the last few weeks have been hard. I still trust God with everything that is in me, but it has become increasingly difficult to put my feelings into words. I'm thankful that we have the Holy Spirit to help us communicate with the Father in such times.    Without going into a long explanation, I also recently learned that some of the Christian artists I once held in high regard and even helped promote their music, had completely turned away from the very cause that once drew me to them. This is a good reminder of why we shouldn't put any man or woman on a pedestal, but it's also still disheartening.  My prayer this week is that I will keep my focus on the One who matters, the One who hears my every prayer even when I can't seem to find the words, and the On...

  This past Sunday, all messages from Sunday School to the PM  Bible Study focused on the theme of God's timing. It was something I had already been pondering on for a few days. For a while now, life hasn't gone as I expected it, and definitely not as I would have planned or hoped for. I think we all sometimes have a tendency to pray for God to work in a situation and then wonder if He heard our prayers when we don't receive the outcome we wanted.  In Proverbs,  Solomon speaks a lot about the difference between man's plans and God’s. This is probably because Solomon knew that we humans mess things up any time we take matters in our own hands rather than trust in the sovereignty of God.  Over the last few days, I’ve realized that although God orchestrated events in a manner that I would have never chosen, I can clearly see how His ways are so much better than mine. I’m thankful that my eyes were opened and I can now see where He was leading with his protective h...