I have been going through a lot lately, which you already know if you read my previous post. But, through it all, God continues to speak to me daily that nothing is happening in my life that He does not already know about.

I desire to be Godly and not to whine and moan and complain about my plight. So that is what I am working on these days. Yes, my holiday plans had to change, but then change is part of life, isn’t it? And no matter what path I am on in life, I want it to be the one that God approves of.

Lest anyone think that God is not watching you all of the time, I would like to put in my two cents here. God is omnipresent and omniscient. As I told my students in Sunday school class yesterday: Yes, it is possible to cheat on a test and not get caught, but God saw what you did and cheating is stealing. That seems to be an oversimplified example, but my point remains the same whether I pontificate for hours about the powers of the Almighty. He always sees everything we do; He always hears everything we say. So, should we not constantly be aware of whether we are pleasing Him or not? I confess that I have been in the doldrums because of the whole surgery thing and I honestly asked God, “Haven’t I been through enough?” In case you didn’t know, that is the equivalent of saying, “Why me, God?” His reply has been clear: “I am with you, so why not you?” On the path of serving God, there are many trials and this is one of those. I am just praying to make it to the other side of this one. I won’t say that I’m in a valley because God has been so gracious and loving and patient with me. I’m just not on the mountaintop right now. But I hope that I am still on the path with the Lord because that is just where I want to be.

According to this Scripture, God knows all out my life. So, He has everything under control. I missed my appointment today with my GI, one in which the nurse had to “work me into the schedule” since the doctor is booked up for several weeks. But then the snow came, and came and came…and the office is closed today. The nurse was kind enough to call me last night from her home to tell me this and she also promised that they will find another slot to put me in. Do you think that God is not aware of how important all of these appointments are in order to make the surgery happen as soon as possible? Of course, He is! Every moment of my life, He has known the knowable. I am one of those who believes that my freewill choice can change the course of my life that God has planned for me, but I strive to be so connected to God that I can hear His voice leading me in the way He wants me to go.

So, now I go back and I meditate on these verses again and I come to this conclusion. I am a Child of the King. I am in His hands, walking the pathway that He has established for me and nothing that happens to me surprises Him. God is examining the path before me and it is up to me to pray that He will remove obstacles and show me the right path so that I don’t get off the track. My desire is to finish the course with a “well done” and to know that I have done my best to stay on track with God. I hope that is your wish as well. No matter what you face, God is there. He created you and loves you with an everlasting love. He doesn’t desire bad things for you, but sometimes they happen. And when they do, He walks through it with you.

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