Riding Out the Storm
Riding out the storm is a lonely experience. You will never be more alone emotionally than when you are in the whirlwind of consequences.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Riding out the storm is a lonely experience. You will never be more alone emotionally than when you are in the whirlwind of consequences.
To be totally honest with you, there are times when I really question the timing of God. Times when I just don't know why He's so slow to carry out what I think He ought to do.
God is still alive and well, and He knows what He's doing. To some He says yes. To others, no. In either case, the answer is best.
One of the hardest things to hear is that God is going to use someone else to accomplish something you thought was your role to fill.
When God says no it is not necessarily discipline or rejection. It may simply be re-direction.
It is during the interludes of life that we have time to seize a dream or an ideal objective.
Knowing where you stand before the Lord leads to true freedom. Being free before the Lord, you will become confident, and that is genuine security.
When it comes to the spiritual life, those who are after God in their hearts care as much about the principles as they do about the precepts.
When we begin to care about the things God cares about, we become people after His heart, and only then do we begin to have real freedom and real happiness.
Our tendency is to race in when there is some benefit that will come our way. Sometimes it's best to begin very quietly, to pace our first steps with great care.