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Tuesday’s Trust
“Biblical” Lemons
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.”
~ Mother Teresa
How many of you know this “saying” is NOT biblical? So let’s just strike through it right now!
“God will never give you any more than you can handle.”
Strike it through because this saying is SO WRONG!
How many of us grieving parents think that the death of our child is something we “can handle”?! And yet, it is definitely in our lap to deal with.
In my opinion,
this assumption that we can handle anything on our own is the biggest deception!
As God clearly stipulates,
“NOT by might nor by power, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,” says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6 NIV (highlights mine)
And as Paul correctly states,
I can do all things THROUGH CHRIST who strengthens me…
~Philippians 4:13 NKJV (highlights mine)
If I were to walk into and through this grief over the loss of my precious child in my own strength alone, it would be the blueprint for disaster. As it is,
I feel I am holding-onto-my-mind-only-by-a-thread. It is ONLY by GOD’s grace and ONLY by HIS power that I make it through any given day with ANY semblance of peace OR sanity!
It is like grief’s vulnerability opens me up to any and all of Satan’s attacks, and only by God’s close sheltering AND guidance can I “man-up” to deal with The Great Deceiver.
