Joy & Sorrow

"And still He seeks the fellowship of His people, and will send them both joy and sorrow to detach their hands from the things of this world and to attach those hands to Himself."
~ J.I. Packer

God has certainly used both joy and sorrow to bring me into closer intimacy with Him, and for that I am grateful.  He is perfect in His ways.  He knows all things and He loves me.  I know that He is for me and not against me.  If I can really believe this in the core of my being...KNOW this...then I can trust Him.  I can delight in Him.  I will walk in His ways.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV)


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