cancershmancer - the will of God

this morning a friend and respected teacher of the Word asked how we are doing. he said that when people say,"He never gives us more than we can handle" it isn't exactly the truth. sometimes He DOES give us more than we can handle so that we depend on Him even more.

i think i had an ah-ha! moment. it made so much sense because guess what? i feel like this is indeed more than i can handle. i've even said, can't handle this. i'm over here Lord, tapping out. (that's some insight to my deep prayer life!)

because people have said this to me, and believe me, they have, and it feels like more than i can handle sometimes, i guess that means my faith lacks right? and i doubt so i must be an immature christian. because certainly… this is more than i can handle. 

but then because of this, there’s desperate dependence. i can’t handle it on my own, but with Him, i can handle it. 
with Him, i can make it another day, i can make it another moment. when we cling to Him with everything, it’s then that we are able to continue.

later in the day, another sweet friend of mine sent me a text saying she is praying for us and then said when she thinks about us, she’s reminded of this, “the will of God will never take you where the grace of God can’t keep you” she later found the entire poem and sent it too.

the will of God

the will of God will never take you,
where the grace of God cannot keep you,
where the arms of God cannot support you,
where the riches of God cannot supply your needs,
where the power of God cannot endow you.

the will of God will never take you,
where the Spirit of God cannot work through you,
where the wisdom of God cannot teach you,
where the army of God cannot protect you,
where the hands of God cannot mold you.

the will of God will never take you,
where the love of God cannot enfold you,
where the mercies of God cannot sustain you,
where the peace of God cannot calm your fears,
where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

the will of God will never take you,
where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears,
where the Word of God cannot feed you,
where the miracles of God cannot be done for you,
where the omnipresence of God cannot find you

sigh...
amen?!

we know that the cancer in our home right now is the will of God. we know this is the road He wants us to walk; it’s the journey He has called our family to take. BUT we aren’t alone, He is with us every step because He’s a good God like that.

these two friends, who have no idea about each other, are two of many who have been used by the Lord to speak to my heart. neither, i’m sure, had any idea of the impact they would make on my day and the perspective i now have. i’m encouraged and challenged that when the Lord asks me to share with someone, may i be willing to do it because it just might make a difference and that word fitly spoken, as it says in proverbs 25:11 could be exactly what they need.