... not sorrow, grief or loss.. but only blessings when we trust and obey...

I just had a GREAT revelation...

just lately I have been confronted with some stuff that I kind of think I should be done with...
hurts inflicted by some people that kind of no longer are in my life.. and yet they are... kind of..
and... it's been tough.. especially since it is not really my hurt, but that of others, who I LOVE... a lot..
and still mine too.. kind of...

praying as I was driving away.. I was asking the Lord when it would finally end .. thinking about this I came to the conclusion it probably never will and that made me feel even more discouraged..

now.. a little while later, when thinking about it again, prompted by the Counselor that makes His home inside of me..  I decided to pray and forgive.. because I just cannot stay there..
there is nothing I can do to change the situation, all I can do is to trust and obey..
trust and obey the One that is in control and who loves not only me, but those I love, too..

obey Him because He tells me to forgive.. since He forgave me...
and trusting Him for what I cannot control and change.. for those I love and myself..

I know that He is the one that because of His purposeful goodness allows that stuff in our lives..
so... really... it's best to stick to the plan.. the plan of the One who sent His Son to make a way for sinners like me and everyone else who will believe..

after all, His plans are to prosper and not to harm, to give a future and a hope..

He said this and I believe it:

Forget the former things;

    do not dwell on the past.

 See, I am doing a new thing!

    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

    and streams in the wasteland.

such freedom.. such relief and peace.. thanking Him for how black and white it all really is..

When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,

But His smile quickly drives it away;

Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,

Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,

But our toil He does richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,

But is blessed if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove the delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;

What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

AMEN