God's hand at work???

Answer - Absolutely!!!

Am I anxious? I think my sleepless nights (for weeks now) betrays my confidence a little bit - I'm ashamed to say. It's quite intriguing the battle that we will always have whereby on one hand we trust God, we know we should trust God, but we can't help ourselves because we want to be the Master of our own universe! No matter how much God has proved to me time and time again that He is faithful, I find myself secretly doubting in spite of myself! Somehow we insist we know what's best for ourselves, and the time-line we have laid out for ourselves (no matter what it is), is the best!

Well, just today, as I was driving around completing my endless errands, I caught myself smiling in anticipation to see God's hand at work in this last week. You see, we are down to the wire and we haven't sold any of our major furniture pieces i.e. couch and mattress etc. I told myself that if we are left with them, I am not going to doubt God's wisdom in that. Few hours later, we have a guy calling to say he would like to take a look at our couch and mattress this evening. Did I hear him right - couch AND mattress? Yes! And he actually turned up. He took a look at the couch, laid on my mattress in his street clothes (!!), and went for both items!!! Paid cash. Packed them in and on top of his car (I happened to have ropes - go figure), and off he went! Wow. Friends, whatever trial you may be facing right now, let me encourage and urge you to trust in the goodness of our God, in His plans and in His wisdom for all those who believe and trust in Him.

"2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does." AMEN! --- James 1:2-8

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