just recently my parents went through a separation. for any who know what thats like you know it sucks. my mom moved and my dad has a girlfriend. its been a real trying time for me and the rest of the family. through it all though God has lifted me and held me close to him. i am starting to see his hand in my life like never before and i am feeling his emence grace as he fills and works in my life. God IS amazing eh? i really held onto the verse rom 8:28 for we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are called acording to his purpose. he has taught me how to see the good in all things and to reach out in greater ways than i ever thought possible. his love is amazing and in many ways incomprehendable. i hope that anyone who reads this is totally blessed and i hope to hear from anyone soon!! blessings.
What an amazing testemony for someone who could be angry at God and blaming him for all of their problems, but through your trials, you have been touched by God and have been able to trudge on through. I'm new to this website and I have never done a blog before, and this being one of the first blog's that I have read, it make's me glad that I signed on. Thanks! I'll be praying for you.
It is amazing the way God works threw seemingly tragic times. We tend to get angry and discouraged when hard times fall and days, months, even years later we realize; it was all part of his plan for us.
In these times I look to my favorite verse and it reminds me why these thing must happen.
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John 15 - The Vine and the Branches
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruitâ€"fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.
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You see in verse 2 that we the faithful are also pruned so that we my bear more fruit. God doesn’t let us go threw rough times because he enjoys our misery; he gives us the experiences necessary to prepare us for the path he has paved for us.
