"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet i will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of deer, he enables me to go on the heights." (Habakkuk 3:17-19)
These few verses pretty much tell the story of the last 10 years of my life. Ever since I graduated high school in 2002, it seems as though trial, after trial, after trial have come my way.
Finally when something good came my way, it wasn't long before another negative thing hit me in the face. I imagine a lot of people out there have a similar story. You can almost always guarantee when you have a string of good things happen, something bad always has to jump in and ruin the fun.
The opposite is also true, nothing is going well and then something good happens making you think things are better and then BAM you get hit with another thing that knocks you down. Some of you might be asking why this happens. Here are my thoughts...
The opposite is also true, nothing is going well and then something good happens making you think things are better and then BAM you get hit with another thing that knocks you down. Some of you might be asking why this happens. Here are my thoughts...
God wants us to have faith in him and not rely on our own understandings of how we think life should be (Proverbs 3:5-6). I also think that sometimes bad things happen to good people in order to challenge our faith so that we might be built up in Christ and know that he is in charge and if we try and do it on our own, we will fail (Proverbs 16).
Lastly, sometimes bad things just happen for reasons we will never know. What we make of the situation will determine the path we take. We can decide to give up and be down all the time or we can decide to be joyful and make the best out of our circumstances.
Lastly, sometimes bad things just happen for reasons we will never know. What we make of the situation will determine the path we take. We can decide to give up and be down all the time or we can decide to be joyful and make the best out of our circumstances.
This can relate to the project in that there have been countless days that I've wanted to quit this whole trading thing because it was not going how I thought it should. Or that it was taking forever to make a trade, even sometimes having a offer that fell through.
This whole project is in Gods timing, not mine. I can't make this thing happen in my own strength, otherwise it will for sure fail. I must rely in Gods wisdom and direction. This whole project could end tomorrow, who knows. I will end with this verse:
This whole project is in Gods timing, not mine. I can't make this thing happen in my own strength, otherwise it will for sure fail. I must rely in Gods wisdom and direction. This whole project could end tomorrow, who knows. I will end with this verse:
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." (Proverbs 16:9)
