Surprising Joy is the work of the Spirit

There is a resolve with in me, that does not  originate in me.

Life happens fast and lately it has been happening at the speed of light.

April is almost half way through her pregnancy, we are buying a house, I am starting seminary and there are some difficult personal issues that we are working through right at this moment. I can not, and I have tried, muster up enough strength to look on the bright side. I can’t slow things down and I can not tell myself it is going to be ok because honestly I have no idea.

But there is a resolve in me. There is a hope that produces joy and there is a faith that I did not know that I possessed. It is a strange thing when you are expecting to brake down and yet your are hopefull.

You are expecting to give up and be taken under by the tidal wave your circumstances, and yet you are persevering and not only persevering but doing so with and unshakeable confidence in the strong, sovereign hands of the Lord

I praise God that he supplies the grace to hope. He supplies the faith that sustains and that he perseveres us to the end.