I recently tried to help a friend in need by reading to her a part of the book "Evidence Not Seen." It is a part that I cried while reading the first time and cried again when reading it to her.
The part that I read was when she (Darlene Deibler) all of a sudden didn't feel the presence of God anymore. She became very distraught and begn searching her heart for any sin. She prayed and confessed her sins and prayed more. She then remembered Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen". She thinks to herself, "Eveidence not seen - that is what I put my trust in - not in feelings or moments of ecstasy, but in the unchanging Person of Jesus Christ."
On the radio a couple days after that I heard someone (not sure who) say that it is not because we feel it but because we know that truth.
God just spoke to me when I asked Him to help me feel His love and said, my child, I do love you and I have never stopped and will never stop. When you believe that, is when you will feel it.
I feel it :)
Our God is amazing.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor hold within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
3 comments:
It's a beautiful comfort to know that His Words are true whether they feel true or not. :)
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." ~2 Cor. 4:16--18
Well there you are!
Glad you are back to blogging!
I can't remember who this quote is from (maybe C.S. Lewis?)
"Religious experience comes and goes...mostly goes."
I sure am glad that God is constant, even when my emotions are not!
Great Truth my friend. lmL
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