A fiery trial

Hello all! I know my blog has been silent lately. I have been struggling lately, and I didn't know exactly how to say how I felt, or whether I wanted to voice my struggles. I have been caught up in my own thoughts and worries.

Today's sermon was just what I needed. It sort of hit me square in the face. It was taken from 1 Peter 4. The verses that I needed was verses 12 & 13.

4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

We are in a fiery trial. Our trial isn't over yet. We owe lots of money now b/c of this. God may decide to not take this trial away from us. But I know that he will get us through it. I can sit here and say that I have no idea what is going to happen. How are we going to be able to pay off our van? How can we afford to get a new van? We certainly can't do both. There are so many concerns that I have. And these concerns are what is sometimes trying to swallow me up. Sometimes, I feel like there is no way out of this hole we are in. But I have a hope. My hope is in Christ Jesus. He will not give me anything greater then what I can carry.

These verses I can cling to. The Lord has givin me something to rejoice in. I have said this before, and I can with confidence say it again, there is something bigger then me or any of us working in our life. There was a reason for this accident to happen, there is a reason why 8 people survived an accident that should have killed at least 2 of us.

I can hold onto the fact that when HIS glory shall be revealed, I will be glad also with exceeding joy!