{"id":173,"date":"2014-04-04T18:21:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=173"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:47:56","slug":"those-things-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/04\/04\/those-things-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Things You Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"God<\/a><\/p>\n

I must always leave room in my heart, and my plans, for the unexpected – those \u201cGod things\u201d He does.\u00a0 He sometimes shifts direction, or changes timing, or offers new possibilities, or paths.\u00a0 These things can seem like detours, or delays, and my response is frustration or impatience.\u00a0 But I can count on this:<\/p>\n

God works ALL things to good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

I can relax. If there is a delay, or a detour, or a change in direction, there is a very good reason for it. \u00a0The more I accept and anticipate that there will be these sorts of things in my life, the more at peace I can be in the present.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is so blind as the servant of the Lord?\u00a0
\n<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>I don\u2019t need to know – and often don\u2019t have the capacity to understand – why He does the things He does. But I can trust Him.\u00a0 Implicitly.\u00a0 Completely.<\/p>\n

Thank you Father, for those things you do, that can seem like obstacles, or delays, or detours, but are really very much a part of Your plan.\u00a0 Thank you that I can be at peace, no matter what comes my way, knowing You work all things for\u00a0my good.<\/p>\n

Who is blind but My servant, Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me, or so blind as the servant of the LORD? \u00a0(Isaiah 42:19 NASB)<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Has there been a time in your life when you were frustrated by the unexpected, but later saw God at work in it?<\/p>\n

Please share with us. We would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

<\/i>To read more blogs like this click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

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