I've experienced a kind of re-birth of hope lately. And one that I have to believe has come from God because all of the outside signs point to the exact opposite.
My favorite verse is one that I've leaned on a lot over the past couple of years especially - Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Perhaps it's learning to lean on that trust that actually has helped with the peace I have.
But there's another verse I love - Ephesians 3:20 "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine..." and this verse has simultaneously given me peace and made me furrow my brow more than once.
The first time I heard this verse, or rather the first time it registered with me what it really said all I could think was really God? cause I can imagine an awful lot. And I have admittedly had moments particularly over the last couple of years where that question changed to are you really sure? cause I'm not sure what to imagine anymore.
But lately, somehow, things have shifted and I have what I can only describe as a sense of possibility again. And that is beautiful.
Perhaps God brings us down rocky paths knowing we're going to ask those questions and knowing also that if we hang onto Him, we'll arrive at a place where peace comes from the one thing we need most at that time.
Just a thought.
-Lisa
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