Thursday, May 28, 2020

We Can Trust Him


In May of 1973, at age 19, I accepted a proposal of marriage from a 20 year old boy.  We were married not quite a year later.  His parents had planned to raze the old house that had stood empty on their property for over ten years, and thought perhaps to build an A-frame or bring in a trailer to be our first home.  But I walked around inside the old wreck of a house, and loved the high ceilings and upstairs gables.  My father examined it carefully and pronounced the foundation sound; the little house had what we would now call "good bones."  

I've been cleaning out closets the past couple of weeks and have gone through several boxes of photos.  I found the photo on the left and then, today I noticed a photo taken from nearly the same angle just a couple of weeks ago.  The comparison was astounding.  I put the two photos side by side and labeled them: “1974” on the one and “2020” on the other.  

The thought came, “The Lord’s vision is always 20/20.” 

When he sends us into situations that are challenging, he knows the end of the story.  He always has a plan that is formed according to His perfect love for us.  We can trust Him when our lives are difficult, because He’s in control.  God always has a plan, and it is a good plan, and we can trust in Him. 
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For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
-Jeremiah 29:11-

But I trust in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
 My times are in your hands...
-Psalm 31:14-15-

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Incredible changes between 1974 and the present. You and your husband have created a beautiful home. How wise of that young woman you were to see the possibilities. God is good.

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    1. If it was wisdom, it was the Lord's and not my own. Grace is what it was! Every older and wiser person in my life was hesitant. I remember working first to win my father over and then everyone else shrugged and went with it...they knew better than I the obstacles we would face. But I have never regretted it. I'll never have a new house, I don't think, but I've sure been blessed in this one that the Lord provided me all those years ago when I had gumption beyond my years to claim His gift!

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