What does God want us to learn while we wait for our prayers to be answered? Could He be changing the way we think and live? Is He transforming us to become someone different than we thought? I am convinced that we will not have very many answers to our ‘why did that have to happen’ questions. We cannot fix what we do not or cannot control. But we are called to live in love. That sounds simple but it gets complicated with messy lives and uncontrolled circumstances yet this is what we are to do - love Him completely, without reservation.
“The Holy Spirit of God dwells in your heart and is no stranger to the diversity and conflict there. . . . There is no secret place where the Spirit has no access, nor any inner person excluded from the Spirit’s presence. . . .
The Spirit will bring the selves of the self into a unity around the center of the indwelling Christ.” - Chuck DeGroat
“Where are you?” God asks, a kind move toward you amidst your self-protective, porcupine-like posture. God doesn’t want you to be alone in your suffering. Don’t let the serpent’s lies lull you into believing that someone has it worse, or that God has more important things to tend to than to meet you tenderly in your pain. Don’t let the serpent convince you to go it on your own, into a land where wandering and withering are inevitable. With a kind “Where are you?” God is addressing you.” - Chuck DeGroat, Healing What’s Within
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