Trials=Trusting in the Lord

I LOVE MY SON!!

Hello again bloggers. Amazingly enough I am blogging just ONE day after my last post instead of MONTHS AND MONTHS. I really want to share my life the Lord has given me with everyone who takes the time to read this so I'm trying to be diligent in sharing any and everything in my life with all of you!

I had many misconceptions about life as a Christian for a very long time. At first I didn't understand why I should be praying for trials. I mean who really wants to ask for something to go wrong, right? But I have been learning this a lot, especially over the last year to year and a half. Trails have been helping me with my walk with the Lord and I've just been trying to run at full force towards He who is my savior.

James 1:2-8 says... Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But 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. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

Perseverance never had a huge meaning in my life except for in running. I always trained in practice and needed great perseverance to finish the race, but once it was over I was done. Now in the race of life with Christ, it doesn't end and I can only trek on with FAITH and TRUST in Him. It is such a blessing to know when I am unsure or feel as though I don't have any wisdom, I can turn to the Lord and ask; leaving anxiety and worry to the side.

1 Peter 5:7 says... Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Psalm 116:3-7 says... I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, save me!" The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The lord protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.

Trust and patience has never been a strong suit in my life. But I had been diligently praying for my sister to come to know who God is and to find salvation through Christ since day one of my own salvation. The lives her and I lead were going no where fast except to end in eventually DEATH and ETERNITY IN HELL. I praise God and thank him daily for my salvation because without it I have no idea where I would be in my life. He truly does answer prayers and trusting in him pays off. My sister knows who God is and now attends a bible study and church service weekly. I have seen her attitude change in many positive ways even in her situation. (I'm unsure she wants certain parts of her life right now revealed, but if you know her be praying for her!!) There were times that I just wanted to give up and patience was lost in my life and I would get so angry at God because I wanted instant answers, but He does answer in his own GOOD and PRECIOUS TIMING!

*A good friend of mine shared this verse with me today and I want you all to read it too!

Psalm 55:22 says... Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

As I am now faced with a new trial in life I must remember how prayer, patience and trust in God will get me through it. I know that God is so good and his plan should and will always out weigh my own. Here are some more pretty incredible verses that I have been praying over! I love you all!

Psalm 40:1-4 says... I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit; out of the mud and mire, he set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand; He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to

our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.

(prayer: Let God lift me up and out of any despair. Keep feelings of love; not bitterness. God will set me on a solid

foundation. Keep praising you Lord I must!)

Psalm 40:8 says... I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.

Psalm 86:6-7 says... Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my cry for mercy; In the day of my trouble I will call to

you, for you will answer me.

Psalm 86:11-12 says... Teach me you way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that

I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your

name forever.

Psalm 86:15-17 says... But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in

love and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your

servant and save the son of your maidservant. Give me a sign of your goodness, that my

enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

I pray anyone who reads my blog and doesn't know Christ, will really seek Him out and put your faith and trust in him. Anyone without salvation, I pray you yearn for it and in time come to know who God is and what he has done for you.