Trusting Him

I have been thinking a lot about trust, and what that means. It's wonderful to say I trust God when things are all good in my life and in the life of my family and friends. What happens though when things are not going as well. When finances are a stretch, when health is not at its peak, when family starts to unravel or when life throws that curve ball at me? Do I then continue to trust in His goodness, His mercy, his faithfulness, His love? Or do I go down that road of doubt.....into that miry pit of darkness, letting the problems overwhelm me?

Scripture clearly points to the truth that God is trustworthy, as nothing on this earth is, that He can come through for me....but sometimes not in quite the way I would wish!!!! That I think is the crux of it all. I have in my mind the way in which God can come and meet my need and often that does not happen. I struggle then in seeing what He is doing in my situation. Then the challenge comes afresh...can I trust Him to do the best for me in His way and not mine???? After all He sees the path I am walking, He sees things in the future that I can't and that is why I can confidently place my hand in His hand and trust Him to lead me in the best way. Is it easy to trust Him? No, it's not! I am human! I very quickly loose trust even in my God who has proven trustworthy in the past. Now I must allow a fresh movement of the Holy Spirit to come into my spirit to enable me to trust Him afresh in this new situation. Then I believe that through this there will be a new level of trust and intimacy with God that will be so amazing and will take me into new depths with Him.


There are so many scriptures on trust, but one I love is Isaiah 26:3 . "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You." I want that to become a life verse for me, I want my mind to be steadfast (fixed, unchanging, loyal, constant, unmoved, firmly planted) in the midst of any unforeseen circumstance because I trust in Him...trust in His way, trust in His goodness and never ending love. How about you?????

Perhaps Today

Every time I go to the coast and travel down the coast highway to Newport, I see a sign board on the street outside an antique store.

On the white sign is a black and white profile of Jesus and the simple words, "Perhaps Today".  I love that...perhaps today our vision of Jesus coming back will come true. Those words went deep into my heart and  I thought of all the things I long to see changed by those words  and I wrote this poem.


Perhaps today - All pain will finally cease
Perhaps today - Every tear will be dried
Perhaps today - All anger will be gone
Perhaps today - Hunger will be no more
Perhaps today - All wars will end

Perhaps today - I will see Your face
Perhaps today - I will glimpse Your beauty
Perhaps today - Your love will shine
Perhaps today - Lions will lay down with lambs
Perhaps today - Creation will be restored

Perhaps today - The fallen away will see
Perhaps today - They will long to return
Perhaps today - Those that never knew You will hear
Perhaps today - They will turn to You
Perhaps today - There will be great rejoicing

Perhaps today - The sky will rend
Perhaps today - The trumpet will sound
Perhaps today - The seas will part
Perhaps today - The angels will sing
Perhaps today - Your Bride will wed.