Preaching to myself.....
"This is hard teaching. Who can accept it?"....many of His followers turned back and no longer follwed Him.
How many times have i said, "This is too hard!" or even to my shame, "It's IMPOSSIBLE!!!"
It's too hard living here, it's too hard to learn yet another language, it's impossible to love him or her, or even this culture!! .... "This is hard teaching"
Then Jesus asks His disciples (and me, His follower), "You do not want to leave too, do you??" And i think i know the answer to THAT one! But listen to Peter's reply, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We Believe and Know that You are the Holy One of God"
Wow, that silenced me. Where could i go? (and i have read Jona and learnt from HIS experience!!) "It is only in Your will that i am free", sings Robin Mark, and oh so true. And so, i stay and learn to trust Him more, especially in hard times, because of who He is - the Holy One of God!
Yes indeed. Where could we go that would be better than in God's will?
ReplyDeleteFunny how you are in such a tough place and here I am in such an easy place. Yet it still feels impossible. I wish we were with you.
ReplyDeleteyip, it's not the place, although we might see it as.....anywhere can be hard - always in God's school!! Miss you too!
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