Things I know*

Many times we come across things we do not understand fully. But, what do I know? I know that Jesus is the Son of God. I know that God has our best interest at heart. With hindsight I see this but in the moment, I sometimes don't understand or perhaps feel like God is not hearing me. For instance when we first got to Tupelo, I was praying for a church. Actually I started praying about it before we moved. I visited church after church and was actually becoming discouraged. I was thinking, I set the bar to high, I cannot find a Church as good as I had in Tacoma. I need to be satisfied with less. Perhaps I was a little like King David, God had anointed him as king when he was about 15 years old. He still had things to learn. King Saul was actually trying to kill David. God spirit had left King Saul when he went asking mediums and others about what to do instead of  seeking God. David fled Israel and hid to get away from God. He was discouraged because Saul was trying to kill him. But God had already anointed him King. He should have just trusted God to deliver him. Anyway back to what I was saying about finding a church. I had just thought about maybe I had set the bar to high, and shortly after, I visited Hope Church for the first time. From the first Sunday I felt God had answered my prayer. As I thought back on it I realized Hope Church had been there all the time, I just hadn't visited it before. God was waiting on me to get there. I didn't know much about Hope Church that first Sunday, I just felt in my heart it was the place I'd been looking for. I had not set the bar to high. It just took me a long time to get there. Hind sight shows that the longer I attend the more I feel it was God's answer. I don't understand everything, I know God can heal, either thru doctors or supernaturally. But he doesn't heal everyone. I don't understand why. But I know God can heal. Not everyone accepts Jesus as Lord and Saviour, but I know God is not willing that any should perish but that all men might come to repentance. But not everyone is willing to accept God grace. But I know God can save and transform any life, if that person is willing to turn their heart and life over to him.  I have seen so many before and after pictures of peoples lives, I know what God can do, if we accept him as Lord and Saviour. I know he hears a Christians prayers, he has answered many of mine. Sometimes I think he hasn't heard me or perhaps he said  no or not yet. I do not have all the answers, but I do know God loves me and has my best interests at heart. I know God is in control. I know, he created the universe and us. I know the Bible is also a history book. I know there have been many disappointments in life in the past, but God is still working on me. I saw God work in my fathers heart up until the end. I didn't understand a lot of things about my father, but God loves to work in our hearts. He wants to change us, change our hearts into what he wants. I know he will do that in my heart also if I allow him to work on me. There is much I do not understand, but one of the most important things I know is God loves me just as I am and he is still working on me. God Bless,  LVZ.