I can’t believe it’s March already.
Somebody, please tell me that there has been a mistake. It’s REALLY only January 10th, and two months have not passed since I made my New Years Resolutions … the ones I quickly forgot about.
Of course, not that my resolutions HAVE to center on the New Year. In fact the personal, internal struggles I faced on January 1 are the same ones I still deal with now. And the same things I dealt with July 8, 2006. And the same things I dealt with December 6, 2005. You get the picture.
So what’s up with that? Why do each of us have personal struggles we find so HARD to overcome? I was thinking about this, when I read this quote from Beth Moore.
“I’ve experienced trials that I finally was forced to acknowledge as the absolute will of God. My life has never been easy . . . and I have finally confronted the fact that it will probably never will be. Yet, in the same, breath, I can readily proclaim that my life has been good. Part of the still-limited maturity I have gained is the result of realizing that good does not equal easy. Rarely has God removed from my life circumstances or people that force me to my knees. Many of my trials must have been ordained by Him because of the results they rendered.”–Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself, p. 77
Wow, I’m going to repeat Beth’s Words: “Rarely had God removed from my life circumstances or people that force me to my knees.”
Sorry, there are some things God refuses to touch with His magic eraser, no matter how much we beg. Instead, it’s a wonderful chance to again come to God on our knees.
I don’t know about you, but for me it’s time to get out those kneepads! They work every month of the year, after all.
P.S. I HIGHLY recommend the Beth Moore on-line Bible Study: Living Beyond Yourself. You can find more information here: http://www.lifeway.com/lby/
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