It's Not Supposed to Be This Way

, dear God, help me trust You beyond what my physical eyes can see. As the winds of all that’s uncontrollable whip around me and thrash against me, I need something to ground me. Steady me. Hold me together when circumstances are falling apart. I want to trust You beyond what my eyes can see.

desperation of our souls.

C. S. Lewis wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

And let’s be honest, if we weren’t ever disappointed, we’d settle for the shallow pleasures of this world rather than addressing the spiritual despe

trusting God in the process?

If the enemy can isolate us, he can influence us.

We will be victorious because Jesus is victorious. And victorious people were never meant to settle for normal.

To live is to love. To love is to risk pain. To risk pain is to live. It’s what it means to truly be human. As fragile as dust. The breaking of us. The making of us. The building up of our faith.

I declare on this day that I will see the things that come my way as God’s perfect plan to develop my character to match my calling.

But when we see that God’s purpose is good, we can trust His process is good.