Our ladies Bible study group started in the book of Exodus this week. This is one of those books I have read & studied before, but, like the living book the Bible is, this time around it is speaking to me in a totally different way. It is almost overwhelming to think about how God plans the events of the whole universe, and yet His plans for each individual person fit perfectly into that bigger plan. Our faults, fears, failures, hurts, losses, joys, achievements, highs and lows will all eventually fit perfectly into His story. Like my friend said tonight, "I sometimes wonder what my 5 verses in the Bible would say one day."
It's easy to look at what we are going through in this moment, this season, good or bad, and think this is all there is. Our sight is so limited. Yet when we look back, we can begin to get a small glimpse of how it all fits together, how the Lord has worked things out for good and for His purposes-just like He promised to those who love Him. But wouldn't our lives be a much better witness-so much more full of thankfulness and joy-if we intentionally looked at each moment, each day, as a part of His plan. Not just knowing in our head that it is, but having that knowledge stored in our heart, that we could begin to look for the blessing in everything. Everyday. And then communicate His presence and activity in our lives to the people around us. If we lived like that, we would truly be offering the world something it cannot manufacture on it's own. Don't you think the world would begin to long for what we have? I do.
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