Today, through a circumstance, I realized this - that His opportunities and plans - and provisions for all of this - is much bigger than what we could fathom. We have our "good" ideas and plans - and even ways to accomplish them - and then He provides us with a way that is so much bigger!
He is bigger than we acknowledge, think of, and even can dream about. This whole salvation plan.....is His plan - and His mission for us....is His mission. Let's not forget - we are not driving Him to do this - He is calling us to join Him - and when we do we will see that He is bigger...and better.
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He is bigger and better than my bracket for march madness.
Pastor Pete,
Hi, It's Paige, Chad's sister. Recent email I thought that you would enjoy...See you Sunday!
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him
alone.
He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the
blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it.
He cannot cry out for help to anyone.
Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.
He cannot tell the other boys of this experience because each lad must come into manhood
on his own.
The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild
beasts must surely be all around him.
Maybe even some human might do him harm.
The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat
stoically, never removing the blindfold.
It would be the only way he could become a man!
Finally, after a horrific night, the sun appeared and he removed his
blindfo ld.
It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to
him.
He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.
We, too, are never alone.
Even when we don't know it, our Heavenly Father is watching over us, sitting on the stump
beside us.
When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him.
If you liked this story, pass it on.
If not, perhaps you took off your blindfold before dawn.
Moral of the Story: Just because you can't see God, doesn't mean He is not there.
'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'
~ 2 Corinthians 5: 7 ~
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