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Trusting in God’s Ways
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Turning Tragedy into Triumph
Today is Good Friday, the day Jesus was crucified.
Even though Jesus told His disciples, friends, and family that He would return, I don’t think any words could have comforted those who witnessed His death. Can you imagine being there when that happened – being witness to such a tragedy?
Jesus’ disciples had followed Him around for years, being inspired by His words and His actions, being a part of miracles, healings, and conversions of people to God. Then their world was shattered before their eyes by others who were afraid of this man. (So afraid, in fact, that those who crucified Him posted guards at His tomb to be sure He didn’t come back like He said He was going to.)
Messengers of God’s Word
It’s funny how God works. It’s even funnier that most of the time He seems to like to work on me at about three in the morning.
Maybe that’s the time that God knows that I don’t have much else on my mind so it’s easier for Him to get through to me. At about that time, I will wake up and find that inspiration for an article or a daily message hits me. When I feel like I have a message to share, I make sure I write it down because, if I fall back to sleep, by the morning it will likely be gone – and I get quite frustrated with myself when I seem to let a message slip away.
Seeing God With Your Own Eyes
I like to think that I have an open mind. I try not to have preconceived notions about things before I experience them for myself.
For example, I will try new foods to see how they taste before I decide if I like them or not. I don’t make decisions based on their name or the way they look or because someone else tells me they don’t like them. It used to make me crazy when my kids would just look at a food and say they didn’t like it. Most of the food they used to say that about they now love – all because they took some time and a little risk and they tried them.