Thoughts of a Christian Farm Girl.

Dear people,  You might be feeling very down right now. Like there is no hope. You feel like you are all out of strength. Your patience for these bad times is wearing thin. You hate these sorrowful times and you can't stand them any more.  You may feel like a piece of your heart is dying each day with each new burden put upon your shoulders. But guess what! there is hope! Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your cares upon Him; for He cares for you. Isn't it amazing that we have a loving Savior who wants you to cast your burdens on Him?  He said, Cast your burdens on Me,  I will give you rest.  He doesn't want you to have to deal with all this stress. He wants you to give it all to Him. He can't consume to the e...

And we know that all things work together for good to them who love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. ~Romans 8:28 We think when we read that verse that things will work out the way we want. And when they don't we blame God. After all, He did say that things would work together for good to them who love Him.  We start to think, "Did I love Him enough? Of course I did! It was Him that didn't care about me." But we would be so very wrong. God never promised to make things go our way. He promised that all things would turn out good. **His** good. God's will for us is not always our own. We cannot know the thoughts of Him. We don't know why bad things happen. But He does. He knows.   I believe that everything happens for a reason. Everything has a purpose. Even though we may never understand it. We have to trust Him to know the outcome.   He brings beauty out of the ashes. He pieces together the broken. He can take even the ...