Day 21: some sort of disease

has some sort of disease where you hallucinate & start to not believe in love, but after a year or two, or even sometimes ten or twenty, it cures itself & all that's left are a few little red spots that twinge & ache whenever you get too near someone else that has the disease & it's all you can do to stop from reaching out & holding them close. -story people


this week i've been dealing with waiting on God and His perfect timing in different areas and situations in my life. it's so easy to say you believe that God has everything under control, but to live out that faith can be hard. but that's why His grace is so beautiful and gentle. the other night when i was being impatient with God i sat down and opened up my Bible to just sit and talk with Him and see what He had to say back. i vented and He listened like always, but then i realized i had been doing all the talking and i decided to listen. when i was done there were about seven passages that i had read that dealt exactly with my situation. here's three of those passages: "guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." -proverbs 4:23. "yet i am confident i will see the Lord’s goodness while i am here in the land of the living. wait patiently for the Lord. be brave and courageous. yes, wait patiently for the Lord. -psalm 27:13-14. and the last is a description of ultimate love, God's love: "place me like a seal over Your heart, like a seal on Your arm. for love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. if a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned." -song of solomon 8:6-7

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