Trust In Him, Not Yourself

 I woke up today and needed a word from God that would give me some encouragement. We have been going through some hard things for some time.. But life has never been easy and I would think that through its battles, and seeing God work them out for me, it would be all the easier to just trust in him through this season at well.. But here I am  this morning, feeling discouraged. Again. Where are you Lord? Are you there? Why haven't you answered my prayers? Some of the titles of past posts rattle through my head. 

But I needed to get on with my post today. Because I promised that it would be here. And I admit, I didn't want to do one. I didn't feel like being here for my readers. Because I feel down hearted. How can I encourage someone else, when I am so discouraged.

But I had promised. And so I opened my Pinterest account to find something inspirational. And the graphic I found was almost the first one, that I see.

God is saying to you today, I know that you are physically and emotionally drained. But you have to keep on going. I'll see you through. Amen

And then scripture comes to my mind that I have read so many times before. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.

Provers 3:5

Sometimes on days when we wonder what God is up to, why he doesn't seem to be there, why he isn't answering our prayers, it is easy to think, "All I can do is pray and trust him."

It is harder to do that then to actually believe it sometimes. And it makes us want to just give up.

But the thing is, praying and trusting him, are the very best that we can do in difficult times and circumstances. He promises to direct our paths when we do acknowledge him. And I am reminded of that this morning. Yet, Again. Even though I have seen him work so many things out in my life. Over and over. And over. How can I forget, when he has done so much for me? 

"Thank you God, for encouraging me today, so that hopefully I can encourage others."

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. I pray for you a blessed day!