It puts into perspective that while new challenges are real, different, and still difficult, they are not insurmountable. I've been through harder times than these. I've not been forsaken or begging bread.
Yes, absolutely, I want to stay in humility.
Still, I must remind myself of my own fortitude. In this 33-year-walk of life, I've experienced things that shook me up and broke me down. Yet, because of God's mercies, I was not consumed. And, I am not consumed.
Every single shifting took me to a new place. Every new place connected me with good people and things. Ultimately, that's my faith story. I've done XYZ. I've experienced XYZ. I acted and was acted upon in deleterious ways. And, still, I can see God working everything out for the good. I do see His goodness in the land of living.
I'm literally cuddling goodness.
So, yes, I can trust God, without leaning on my own understanding, and have rest and peace without answers and solutions. This is not about making it make sense. This is not about forging a way according to my finite understanding and foresight.
It's about casting cares, waiting, renewing, and being at peace with whatever may come.
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Every time the Biblical Israelites faced a new challenge, they seemed to forget the miracles God performed and the favor He showed them during the previous ones. I do not want my memory long for the sake of harboring and resenting. But I do want to remember what mine eyes have seen.
