March 8, 1998
Spurgeon states, “It was never in
God’s design for His people to be untried.” The book of James tells me,
“Consider it pure joy when you experience trials of many kinds.” James
continues with “the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance
must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking
anything.”
Yes, God
does test His children; he does it for our own good. If we weren’t tested we
would not gain spiritual insight into our world and we would never know God for
who He is. We would never know we
could rely on Him in times of stress, especially from the world. I would have
completely caved in this past Thursday, if I had not known that God would
listen and take care of a situation and He has!
Thank You, Lord.
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The situation I had two days prior involved an order I had
placed with a specialized company for a birthday present for my dad. He turned
75. (In the previous two years we had been through his emergency Heart Bypass
and Cancer surgeries and another ordeal.) The ordered item didn’t come. I
called the company. The lady returned my call; they didn’t receive the order. I
lost all composure and started screaming into the phone. She hung up on me.
Then, I felt terrible.
Later,
as we ate ice cream and cake, Hubby told Dad about the issue in conversation.
Dad said very nicely, “That company has a lot of problems in their order
department.” God was there for me.
More recently: I ordered
replacement checks for my personal account. I should have done it when I
started the last pad in the box. But I didn’t. I was told they would be here
this on the 30th. I realized on Wednesday that I needed to pay two
bills but that would take my last two checks. I then realized it was the 31st.
I called the 800 number again and finally got to talk to a representative, what
I call a ‘real’ person. She was very kind. She sent me out a second order, sending
them by another carrier. My original order came today, three days late. The
second order came yesterday, one day after I made my call. I didn’t feel the
need to get upset or raise my voice. I think I may have learned something here.
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