When I look back on my life -- when I see what is currently unseen -- when I see Jesus face to face -- when all has been revealed... I am convinced I will be BLOWN AWAY by the love I never realized He truly had for me. In the Bible, it says that God feeds the birds. (Mt 6:26) He FEEDS the birds. I was observing birds yesterday in the park. There are tons of them, flitting around, this way and that. And yet the God of the universe cares about His creation, so much so, that He Himself feeds the birds! He is intimately aware of your life and what you're going through. And He is feeding you. He is clothing you. He is giving you far more than just that. He wants you to realize that in every good AND in every suffering, He remains good. There is SO much you (and I) cannot see. He allows suffering for His reasons only He can see. But when you trust this truth that He is the one that gives everything that is right in your life -- it allows you to see the suffering better. You can endure the suffering with a peace, a joy, and a contentment that is important. In fact, when you have that peace/joy/contentment during the suffering, you will accomplish at least some of the important purposes He has for that suffering. Make no mistake, God cares about your suffering. God cares about the rejection you feel from your spouse. He cares about your loneliness in the one supposedly "safe relationship" - your marriage. He cares about the lack of intimacy. He cares about the lack of warmth. He cares when your spouse ignores the cravings of your soul that you were designed to have. He cares. And IN THIS He is good. If we only knew how much He truly loved you... He would risk you possibly turning away from him due to that suffering because He has bigger purposes. Remember... Higher than the heavens are above the earth are His ways higher than our ways, are His thoughts higher than our thoughts. We do NOT have to understand. We DO have to trust His goodness. That starts with realizing, if the God of the Universe feeds each of these birds, that means he makes each of my breaths happen, each of my blood vessels moves when they are meant to. It means He causes my son to smile at me. It means He causes my eyes to even see the sunset. It means that He not only knit me together in my mother's womb for 9 to 10 months... But He didn't stop. He is still in me. He is still designing, directing, causing all these things to go well in me. EVERY good gift is from Him. Even the ones I don't take time to notice. When my arm breaks it should remind me that He was the one that caused it to thrive every other day. If we only soaked in the truth of His love, we could more easily trust it during the suffering... He is still good. If we only knew His love. If we only knew His love. If we only knew His love. May you know the love of Christ. May I know it, too. Love & Blessings, Belah

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