Just another mountain

“This life is so temporary, so I will treasure my time.”

As you get older, this becomes more real to you with everyday God gives you. Trials, struggles, heartaches that will weigh us down. They truly are, “just another mountain.”

God’s ability to restore someone back to health or life is beyond our understanding. It is true,we will endure trials (mountains), but it is just as true that God will deliver us out of them.  "[He] has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." (Psalm 126: 3).

It is not the first time, and I know it won’t be my last, that I’ve desperately prayed for a loved one that I thought we might lose. Jesus heard, and showed what only He can do, if it is not time for your loved one to go home yet.

 My desperate prayer for my dad was The Kingdom of God, (Matthew 6:33). I remember asking God to please make sure I will see my dad again.I wanted this more than his physical healing, because what is healing without salvation? So even if the physical healing didn’t come, I was asking for a sign that my dad made Jesus his choice in his dark hours of that hospital day.

My dad right now is in a rehabilitation center for a little while, until he can walk better and gets doctors clearance. God answered our prayer. My dad, who really never talks about Jesus, started to talk about Jesus all on his own. Also making a lot of confessions. God never gives up on us. It’s never too late. God is so faithful, and showed us, “your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matthew 18:14.

I have heard what the doctors and nurses have said to me before about a loved one, but God always showed me He was in control. I listen, but I do not put my trust in them, because “the Lord is my Shepherd...” (Psalm 23:1). We must continue to stay focused and confident on what the Lord has done, and what He will continue to do if we trust and rest in Him alone. God is, and always has been, in control of whatever we are facing, and He is Never defeated. If you keep your focus on what God did for you today, “don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34).  Worrying is more harmful than helpful. God will not ignore anyone who depends on Him. Worrying about tomorrow effects your efforts today. Worry shows a lack of faith in God. Live one day at a time, and recount all that God has done, and that will keep you from being consumed by worry. Remember God just brought you through a BIG mountain today, so leave tomorrow with Him too.

We are to think ahead and plan, but go to God for guidance. Well planning can alleviate worry, but if we are consumed by fear, and all the “what if's”, than we are not trusting God. Let His grace keep filling you with hope. Remember His promise, “Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13: 5).

Love is a gift that God keeps giving, He is in control. Whatever you are going through, is nothing God hasn’t seen before.

“It’s just another mountain.”

Grace and peace to you

Kim