We are praying for you brother Rick, I know the Lord will help you through this. I am blessed with your words of wisdom and faith. God continue to make his face shine upon you!
God, in all His wisdom, has a purpose for our pain, a reason for our suffering, a path for our struggles, and a gift for our steadfast faithfulness. "Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on you own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your path straight."...
Suffering! As believers, this can be a difficult thing to study and acknowledge in all of our lives. We need to understand that we will ALL suffer as believers at some point, or points, in our lives. And we should never blame God for it; that He is not faithful to His Word; that He doesn't hear...
Test, trials, and tribulations...we, as believers, will all go through them. The Lord has told us we will. Acts 14:22 "strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." The further we...