When Mark and I said our wedding vows almost three years ago, I had no idea what God had in store for us or how I would have to live up to the "for better or for worse" part of our vows. I can honestly say that we have definitely lived our share of the "for worse" part of our vows in the past year. It seems like there has been one bad thing after another, and every time I feel like things may be looking up, something happens to bring me back down again.
The other day I was spending some time with God and this was the quote in my devotional that day:
"Discipleship is the call to Calvary, first and foremost to receive the forgiveness and salvation provided by God's great love. But we are never to remain solely as forgiven penitents. We are called to grow as God's sons and daughters, to serve as His faithful stewards, to learn as His devoted disciples. And all of that growth, service, and learning is most practically processed not by the way we handle life's blessings, but by the way we live through its bad days." - Jack Hayford
Wow! That hit me like a brick! God is testing me right now...He wants to see my faithfulness and devotion to Him by how I can live through these hard times. He wants me to grow from these trials and to place my trust in His sovereign plan.
Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
