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I wonder how Joseph felt when his life didn’t li

I wonder how Joseph felt when his life didn’t line up with his vision?

First his brothers plotted to kill him, then they threw him in a pit only to pull him out and sell him instead.
He caught a break, only to get thrown into prison for something he didn’t do... helped a guy being sure that would be his ticket to freedom, only to be forgotten for another two years.

But then he was set over the land of Egypt.

Maybe your life doesn’t look like you think it should right now.. you saw something different or you planned something more.
I don’t know if you’re in the pit, or catching your breath before the next thing falls through or that person falls short, but I know what we can learn from Joseph.

God is good.
God is faithful.

God is God.

Let Him finish.

When we trust on the path, He will trust us with the promise. Just because you don’t know His plan, doesn’t mean He is without one. “And we know that for those that love God, all things work together for good” Romans 8:28

If the Bible is real... and our hearts are honest

If the Bible is real... and our hearts are honest with ourselves... according to this, how will we be judged? “Therefore you have no excuse, Oh Man, every one of you who judges. For I passing judgement on another, you condemn yourselves, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.... Do you suppose, Oh Man, you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself- that you will escape the judgement of God? OR DO YOU PRESUME ON THE RICHES of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness IS MEANT TO LEAD YOU TO REPENTANCE. But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourselves on the day of wrath when Gods righteous judgement will be revealed.” Romans 2: 1,3-5

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The peace of God surpasses all understanding. That

The peace of God surpasses all understanding. That’s what the Bible says,right?

And if it’s in the Bible, it must be true?
So why do I feel like this? Why is this hard?
When I first started studying the Bible, idols were made of gold and shaped like cows. Thousands of years later, we’ve dressed that up. We want pretty homes and happy families- nice jobs, fancy titles, and all things all-American. You want to be that mom that always has clean kids and clean floors.
I get it. I remember being there too... until I approached God on the side of the road one night months after I was saved and called Him a liar. Yep, I did that. I said God you promised me you would use me, you promised me you would make this all better, you promised me all of this would be okay! It’s not, show up for me, God.
He said Katie, this has nothing to do with you. The response was so clear that I could have sworn it was audible and everyone else heard it too.
Stop living your life for people. Stop living your life for yourself.

When problems come, do you pick up your phone or your Bible?
When your day is bad, do you tell your spouse or your God?
When you get the gossip, who is the first person you tell? We all have one; it’s rarely God.

This exact time last year I had a situation that was so SO personal to me involving my kids. It was killing me from the inside out. It consumed my thoughts and my life. As my fingers type, tears still fall from my face because it’s still a burden, it’s just no longer my own. Last year I walked it to the alter with trembling knees and a broken heart and I let God have it.
When I stood up, the circumstance had not changed, but the position of my heart had.

I had idolized a problem. I justified because it was my kids. It was mine.

Turn the page, and then stop standing on it.

It’s not your story. It’s not your life. Your problems are not your burdens.
The peace of God does pass all understanding, but if you’re holding all of those things you think belong to you, there’s only so much room you have for His peace and your way.

God is jealous. He will not be second to your problem. He will not be second to your family, your job, your marriage, or

“He will surely be gracious to you at the sound

“He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. AS SOON as He hears, He answers. And though the Lord give you bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself anymore, but your eyes will see your Teacher” Isaiah 30:19-20

As soon as He hears you cry- this means God is near.

He gives adversity: difficulty or misfortune

He gives affliction: something causing pain

But He is not hidden: if your eyes are open you will see Him.

Yes, it’s scary. Yes, some of us are hurting. But No, God has not given up.

Knock and He will answer. Seek and you will find.

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“God will allow it until we accept it”

“God will allow it until we accept it”

Preparing for quarantine the last 4 years, bye ✌

Preparing for quarantine the last 4 years, bye ✌🏼

Just as we protect our children, God will protect

Just as we protect our children, God will protect us. We cannot assume that just because we have trouble, we have somehow missed God’s protection. His protection has a much greater purpose than helping us avoid hurt feelings- it’s to make us better servants for Him. God guides us through circumstances, not help us escape them.
Read Romans 12:17-21 then pray this with me:
God,
Remind me that I am not You. I control nothing but what i let control me. Give me the wisdom to recognize these things for what they are, the strength to disregard what I cannot control, and the patience to just let You be You. “So far as it depends on me” let me be only Yours and reflect only those things that best reflect You. Help me to be only that.
Amen 🖤

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