Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life:
gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
To be certain of God means that we are
uncertain in all our ways,
we do not know what a day may bring forth…
We are uncertain of our next step,
but we are certain of God.”
– Oswald Chambers
That quote from that wise old man seems to be the story of my life right now.
I spent the night/days at my Grandma Carter’s house. She’s a very nice lady and i love her to death, but she has so many ideals about what life in my family should be, such as go out of state to college ” to meet a mate” ( cause you know…all i want is my M-R-S degree). That has bugged me immensely.
the biggest thing that bothered me was a lot of the talk about Stephen. She says she is certain God will bring him back to Himself, as well as Tara and the baby, Laura. She says that God started as good work in him and it will not go unfinished. The problem is that that is what she wants. I mean, i do too. I do not want my brother, one of my best friends going up to die without knowing the Lord, but i need to have faith and hope that God’s plans are HIS and His alone. I know i need to wait on Him, but if i wait with my selfish expectations, i’m putting my ways and plans right up there with Gods. I do NOT want to do that; i know very well where it leads to: disappointment and doubt in God in the midst of immense sadness. I need to trust that He’s going to do the best thing. But i can’t do it all the time. i can barely do it half the time. But, i am certain of God and i am certain that He is good and can, does and WILL make all things good in His perfect way, even if they’re not in the way i would have chosen. He proved that with the birth of my niece Laura Mae and my faith and hope remain…
Isaiah 55: 7-9
Let the wicked forsake HIS WAY and the unrighteous man his thoughts…For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY WAYS higher than YOUR WAYS, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
