TANGLED THREADS OR BEAUTIFUL CROWN

Romans 8:18(NKJV) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us.

We probably all know people who are going through really difficult seasons in life or you may be in one yourself, but God wants to encourage us today because He has not forgotten any one of us, no matter what is happening in our lives. Isaiah 49:16 See, I have written your name on the palm of My hands. He knows you and me by name.😊

I heard of one lady who texted her distressed friend with lots of encouragements one morning and her friend texted back to say that although the enemy seemed to have stolen everything from her, in her private life and in her professional life, he couldn’t steal her Hallelujah! Satan couldn't steal her praise because God is still a good God and she chose to praise Him. 

She was reminded that God inhabits our praises, He is right there in the middle of the mess and He has promised to turn it for our good. It’s like doing a big jigsaw and we can't make some of the pieces fit. It’s very frustrating because it’s not coming together and life can feel like that. But if we’ll keep trusting God He will not only provide all the pieces but He’ll help us fit them all together, so don’t give up before the picture is complete.🙂

Corrie Ten Boom who survived a German concentration camp in the last war gave this illustration. She held up an embroidery of tangled, messy threads just like our lives, which don’t seem to make any sense. There were dark threads in amongst them representing our dark seasons, but then she would turn her embroidery over to the right side. It’s the side that God sees, and one day He will reveal it to us, and it was the most beautiful picture of a crown.

So let’s be encouraged as we launch into another week, trusting God to make whatever is distressing, or happening with us, into an amazingly beautiful crown, into something glorious, knowing He is with us every step of the way, making us strong when we’re weak, and giving us wisdom for every challenge. In Jesus’ name Amen.