Deep Thoughts

Did any of you ever watch the old Saturday Night Live shows on TV? During one particular season, (or maybe two) there was a skit called "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey and it was pretty ridiculous! What did you expect from SNL anyway right? It was meant to be funny and funny it was! At least it was to me! It was only intended to entertain and make you laugh, nothing more.

Over the last ten years or so, I have had opportunities galore to ponder on life's ups and downs. I am always tempted to say that there were more downs than ups (that woe is me mentality) but THEN I think of ALL God has done and where He has brought me thus far. To complain almost seems as though I'm saying it wasn't worth it! I am SO MUCH the wiser, have SO MUCH more faith and I feel God's love SO MUCH greater than I ever did before! How does this happen? How do we come out of the fire without even smelling of the smoke? The next few sentences sum it up better than I ever could! I hope you will take these Deep Thoughts from God's Word and God's messenger and ponder them! They hold unbelievably deep truths that will encourage and empower the believer!

Life is often lived forward but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back at the valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life while we were there. "He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light." (Job 12:22) When you begin to realize this, you sit back and breathe a sigh of relief because you know God was in control all along. It didn't seem like it at the time, but He was.

Is that as amazing to you as it is to me? I have read this over and over tonight and honestly, I could probably go on writing for hours. I can picture myself on that high mountain, pausing just long enough to take a look back into that deep valley and saying, "Thank you Lord for getting me through it but I'm moving on now." God is SO GOOD! He never fails, He never disappoints, He never turns His back on us and no matter how hard we fight to do it in our own strength, He never lets go of our hand! My prayer is that wherever you are at this point in your life, you will not atempt to go one day more without Jesus Christ! It is simply not worth it.......

I love you all but Jesus loves you more! God bless..........