Wednesday, July 30, 2008

greeting cards

I have this thing about buying greeting cards without having a specific need for them.

They'll make me laugh in middle of the store, or well up a little - or I'll buy them so far in advance of whatever I do need them for, that I can't find them and have to go back to the store - resulting in yet more unallocated cards.

This one I bought at LifeWay while picking up a card for my BFF a while ago. I stumbled across it today while considering cleaning out my work bag... I think, without knowing it, that maybe I bought it for me because it's what I needed to hear:



You are going through

trials and difficulties

not because God

has abandoned you,

but because He has

chosen you and called you

to know His heart.


-Roy Lessin


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"And we know that in all things

God works for the good of those

who love Him, who have been

called according to His purpose."

Romans 8:28 NIV


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There is a purpose

in what you are

walking through,

and God would

never allow it if

He could not keep

you close to His heart

and use it for good

in the plan He has

for your life.




Can I just take this moment to confess that no matter how many times I hear that God has a purpose for my life and that he will use all things for good... it somehow sounds new every time.



My heart tingles as though I've never heard that message before. I am God's. He knows me and knows what I need. He put this card in my hand in the store, and again this morning... I believe that - so why does it always come as such a surprise to me?

2 comments:

  1. I love your write up. I saw it while browsing through the 'sphere' in my blog. Right now, I'm doing a series on Brokenness and it's wonderful to know that God is still committed to Rom. 8:28.
    http://evergreenword.blogspot.com

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  2. Thanks Chris. Glad you enjoyed it and welcome!

    T.

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