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To: Jim 0216
That is not an answer. That's a cop-out.

Your greatest challenge, as with all of us, is to believe in the goodness and love of God even during adverse circumstances and trust in his promises and let Him root out any bitterness that may have developed.

And why do you presume to know my mind? Why do you presume that I don't believe in the goodness of God and that I don't trust Him?

Why are you presuming that there's bitterness in me?

You're making a lot of assumptions about where I'm at and what He's doing in me based on how you seem to think He should be working in my outward circumstances.

Without knowing me, you are passing some pretty serious judgments and condemnation on me.

Besides, I'm not the one who's put Him in the box of *He always....* or *He must* as you have here.

Many of us allow for God to work in HIS own way, even if that doesn't include the healing that you clearly think everyone should be getting in the way you think it should be done.

57 posted on 05/24/2016 11:53:17 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

God’s promises are his commitment to his children who he loves. His promises are a reflection of his love, grace, and power. We receive them by grace through faith. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Heb 11:6). It is His faith, not ours and we receive His faith by His grace that he has given to us, not by our own goodness or works.

Waiting on God in faith, sometimes for a long time, is something all of us, in one way or the other, have to learn to do.


58 posted on 05/24/2016 12:00:20 PM PDT by Jim W N
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