As a suddenly single mom, I’ve found myself up against circumstances far outside my capability. I cannot count the number of times I’ve told God that something is too hard as I’ve faced my own grief, my children’s grief, raising seven kids to adulthood, constant decisions and more.
The first year after my husband’s death, I’d been reading through the Bible and one morning arrived in Joshua. I was riveted as I read how God parted the flood-stage Jordan river so the Israelites could cross over on dry ground.
Lord, I prayed, part our Jordan and stay the flood waters until every single one of my children and I are safely on the other side of all this.
Maybe you’re facing your own Jordan right now. Chances are, at some point this year, we’ll be up against something far too hard for us. Even impossible.
The same powerful God who parted the Jordan for Israel cares just as much for you and me. And those first chapters of Joshua give us 7 precepts when our faith is tested.
You are such an encouragement! Trusting, always trusting Jesus! It is the only way I keep my sanity is just to whisper, Jesus, I trust You! What an awesome God we serve. He never leaves us nor forsakes us. He is always right beside us. He is with us thru every trial and tribulation we go thru. I have been able to look back at everything I have gone thru and seen Jesus with me. I love Him, and want to love Him more each day! Thank you for your e-mails.
I had never thought about # 6 – it’s such an encouraging revelation! I also like how you talk about journaling as your memorials. That I can do! I can wrap my brain around that! Thank you for sharing such needed ideas about how to stand in the challenge and not give up!
This was a good word for me…I needed to nail this down so that it’s immovable truth for me.