Never forget this: if God allows your life to become hard, His motivation is always love. He loves you. His eyes are on you. His attention is direted toward you. All of His thoughts are about you. The goal of all your pain is your restoration to a deeper sense of His love. But keep in mind that this is biblical love - a love that is willing to take you through a valley to get you to a hilltop. No pseudosolutions or quick fixes with God. He is going for change in you at the deepest and most lasting level.
~ James MacDonald

Thanks for this one, Rachel.
ReplyDelete...but I *want* a quick fix. :(
ReplyDeleteAwesome, indeed! I'm always reminded of that story of the refiner's fire... how we may go through difficult things to refine and strengthen our faith but that God never takes His eyes off us.
ReplyDeleteNo quick fixes for God... truly awesome!