Thursday, October 21, 2021
Lord, Thank You for loving me unconditionally. And thank You for not bopping me on my head every time I mess up, otherwise my head would be covered with knots. I come through one challenge only to find another trial facing me. Is there no relief? How about a break, Lord? Once I quit stewing over perceived apocalyptic trials and tribulations, Your Spirit opens my spiritual eyes. You allow challenges, [re: suffering], to reveal to me how much I need to lean into You in all things and through all things. Your challenges are not meant to harm me, they’re to “refine” me. And if I’m honest, I need plenty of refining. But refinement involves extreme heat with fire by fire to reveal the impurities in the gold. You see the impurities in me that I don’t see and needs to come out if I’m to become “pure in heart” to see You in everything (Matthew 5:8) The Apostle Peter endured Your major refining, which qualified him to write how trials come so that “the proven genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor” to reveal Jesus Christ in us” (1 Peter 1:6,7).
Lord, may I submit to Your refining me in all these challenges. In Jesus’ name, amen.
THANKFUL 
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