Trusting In and Depending On God - Continually Learning

I love how God talks to us.
Non-believers and skeptics may scoff at us for saying God still speaks to us today, but it is true.
God does speak to the "heart," of man (and woman), in his own way.

Jeremiah 29:11-14a says (NIV)
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity.

and Matthew 13 says
15For this people's heart has become calloused;they hardly hear with their ears,and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'[a] 16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

God does speak to his children today - in his own way.
1Peter 6-7 says
6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 James 2:7
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

We were all created for fellowship with God, first and foremost. God will and is using all things to draw men to himself so that through us his glory might be shown.

If you've been following my blog, you might have read between the lines that I am one who claims to know God, love God and Trust in the Lord. Yet when trials and test come, I am but a child, who hasn't handle things as well as I should if I was truly maturing and trusting in him.

I fail him over and over and over..........and yet......... "He still loves me," (from the book Stepping Heavenward by Mrs. E Prentiss).

He told me to Trust in Him in Proverbs 3. He told me not to be anxious about anything in Philippians 4, and yet I did not listen. I fretted, I worried. I allowed myself to be swept up in the currents of emotional and mental turmoil instead of resting in his loving grace, and I have suffered the consequences. Much like the prodigal son, I left my father's care and did things my own way. Things have not gone well for me and now my health has suffered from my foolishness.

Thank you to the women in my life who have all recommended the book Stepping Heavenward by Mrs. E Prentiss.
Thank you to the people in my life who are constantly praying for me that I might understand how deep and how wide the Father's love is for me.

God is working through all these means to draw me to himself.
I am seeking Him, his wisdom, knowledge and grace and I am learning to trust, lean and depend on him more and more.

My health is improving. God has let me see that through my own doing of fretting and worrying, I let my body get depleted of some very important nutrients and building blocks necessary to have the health to do what God has called me to do.
Please do keep me in your prayers as I am now learning how to eat properly and take better care of my body so that God may get all the glory.
I am spending more and more time Walking in God's Word and Talking with Him in prayer.
I am learning to be content, not to fret, worry, or be anxious about anything. Instead I must learn to Trust in Him, Acknowledge Him and Let Him Direct my path.
Life will not be without test or trials but.....
"6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippian1:6 NIV)

He Love Us,
Amy