When your way looms difficult ... daunting ... intimidating, talk to God about it. Take to heart what He says...in this poem...*
This Trail That's Before Me
This trail that's before me - it's so narrow...untried!
Don't worry! There's room there for two side-by-side.
No guardrails protect where there's steep, rocky ledge.
So I'll always walk between you and the edge.
But what if I stumble, and can't see at all?
I'll pull you back up if you trip or you fall.
Don't fear what's before you, though shadows grow deep;
for, watered by tears, great joys wait to be reaped!
****************************************** (Becky Rhon)
...and in His Word:
"Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth." (Isaiah 42:16)
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23:4)
"The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all those who are bowed down." (Psalm 145:14)
"It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." (II Samuel 22:33)
"'I will strengthen them in the Lord, and in his Name they will walk', declares the Lord." (Zechariah 10:12)
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May every one of you who is facing a difficult time be encouraged by remembering that God offers His children:
"The oil of gladness instead of mourning...
the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting." (Isaiah 61:13)
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* (His words in italics.)
Thank you!
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