This week my faith has been up and down. Last Thursday I had a special prayer answered and thing really started to look good but then Monday,Tuesday, and Wednesday I felt shattered.
Life and faith tends to happen that way. This Thursday after several days of feelings abandoned by God he showed me that I was not forgotten and every small step forward matters.
How has your faith been this week?
I live in a small Georgia town that you most likely have never heard of and I LOVE it! My house is more than full as I am a single mother of four & caregiver to my aging mother and uncle. Lover of all things Outlander. Goes to the beat of her own drum woman.
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I am behind in reading my Bible by several weeks but I plan to get caught up soon. I really want to read it in a year. I feel better when I’m reading his Word. God really does sustain me sometimes I get so tired out and God picks me up.
I know what you mean. I really need to catch up on my reading as well.
I’m sorry your world has been a roller coaster this week. I hope things go back up and your faith can be restored.
Things have begun to look better maybe next week will be amazing for me and for everyone else.
When ever I feel like God has abandoned me I read “Footprints in the sand” It reminds me that he is always there with me even when times are at it’s darkest, trust me I’ve had my share of dark days, lately it feels like years. I’ll say a prayer for you today.
I tell myself over and over “One Single Thread” It reminds me of the faith that the woman in had in the bible. She put a single thread in her window so no one would harm her in the attack trusting that they would see it and that God would keep her safe. I tell myself that single thread is all the faith I need for God to restore me.
Lately I feel like my faith in God is on a roller coaster. I so wanted to be able to at least get my father and son something nice for Christmas and be healthy enough to enjoy the time with them. In the last couple of weeks my Lupus has just gotten so much worse and my hubby got $0 on his last paycheck. No presents will be bought again this year…heck I am going to have to scrounge for change to buy milk. This is when I wonder where God is and if I am being punished for something. I will keep you in my prayers and hope that this is a better week for you.
Oh Robin, I am so sorry. I will pray for you as always and I know that God will bless you and keep you.
Mine has been growing, but at the same time I allowed myself to be angry on Monday. Monday was the nine years from the day my eleven year old daughter died. I can not imagine why she had to suffer for all the years she did – and then why God would call her home when she was the first person in the whole world that i EVER loved. I still don’t understand, but in other ways my faith is growing on the promise that we will be reunited again.
For Olivia. Love never dies.
Wendy,
Death can be hard on anyone and especially when a child is lost. My wonderful cousin lost her daughter when she was very young and how she handles it as amazingly as she does I will never know. IT is okay to get angry, even with God sometimes. He understands. So yell, scream at him, whatever you have to do to make yourself feel better int he moment. He will forgive you and keep you.
Mine has not been as good as it should be and I blame it on lack of sleep! Honestly, I’m more gloomy and out of sorts when I get no sleep. This I will work on for the upcoming week. “Early to bed and early to rise” should be my motto.
My faith has been overshadowed with fear and anxiety the past few months. I am reminded by my daughters not to be pessimistic about what I have lost but should try to have a good attitude about what I can still do and how very much love my family brings to me. I know that each of them are mere borrowed “gifts” from God and I know I should not take them or one single day for granted. When you lose your legs to walk, your mind to think, your hands to even pray…you can still have your own thoughts and hear beauftiful Christmas music, enjoy a chat with your child or a kiss goodnight by your husband, a furry little ball of puppy to snuggle with. There is always at least one thing to think of positively. I know faith is beleiving ins something that is not always concrete…the love or our families IS and these gifts are beyond measure.
Well the new month has brought renewed hope and my faith is doing better. This is my birthday month and I could focus on getting older but choose to focus on the celebration and the fact that I am blessed, safe, and doing OK with my health.
Reading this now in the middle of December, I can see that faith has been on your mind the last few weeks. Things always seem to be the hardest before they get better. I hope that things begin to improve in your life very soon. Not having faith in your life can make it so difficult and long.
Looking back, this particular week was difficult as we’ll for me. I was waiting to hear good news and was disappointed . It was a shock to me and felt like a major setback. It took days to process.
Diana C