Inspiration...

One of my best friends posted this on her Facebook page this morning and I love it and she's right, this is right, we all have to trust that "it's in God's hands!" This also prompted me to talk about my inspiration from God. When things happen to us that we don't understand, instead of asking "why", we need to look at how we are going to deal with it and draw inspiration from somewhere to help us get through it. Last night I spoke to my Mammaw Mom whom I mentioned before is such a big influence in my life. One thing she told me that has stood out in my mind is that she wouldn't get out of bed in the morning if she didn't have God. I love how she constantly puts all trust in Him. She says that she doesn't know how he has time for anyone else because she keeps him so busy always asking him questions only to receive answers in return. Some of these things are the smallest things like for instance, last week she was in her pantry looking at her canned goods and noticed some of them had expired and she was going to throw them away but she thought that they still looked good so thinking to herself she thought "do I really need to throw something away that still looks good?" Later that day there was an article in the paper where someone had written in and asked the same question and the response was "no, you do not need to throw expired cans away if they still look good." Some of you may say "that was a coincidence" and that is fine but she would simply say, "Thank you Lord!" While speaking with her, as always she quoted scripture and I would like to share some of the verses she shared with me.

"I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge." Psalm 18:1-2

"For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways." Psalm 91:11

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

Also, last year she gave me a daily devotional called Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. It is a devotion for every day of the year. It first starts with a short devotion and ends with a few verses that apply to the devotion. I will be honest and say it has been awhile since I have picked the book up. However, when I decided to open it up to today's devotion, October 7, it began "In order to hear my voice, you must release all your worries into My care. Entrust to Me everything that concerns you." It ended by saying, "Instead of regretting or resenting the way things are, thank Me in all circumstances. Trust Me and don't be fearful; thank Me and rest in my sovereignty." In closing the devotion, it listed a few verses but the one that stood out to me was 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says, "give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

With that being said, I, like you have no idea why this has happened to me and I don't ask that question, I just have to have FAITH in God that everything will be okay and I TRUST and KNOW that everything WILL be okay. As I said before, this is a bump in the road and I will get over that bump and move on down the road.