Sometimes, it is just hard. . . . .

Proverbs 3:5 & 6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

You know, sometimes this is hard to do. This is a portion of scripture I try to live by, day to day. But sometimes it is HARD. Trust is an issue for a lot of folks, & some would tell you that trusting God is easy, but I question whether they have truly been through much. God has brought me out of some tough times, always been faithful, & will continue to be faithful, even when I am faithless, but sometimes, trusting becomes hard to do.

Matthew Henry puts it this way: "By faith. We must repose an entire confidence in the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, assuring ourselves of the extent of his providence to all the creatures and all their actions. We must therefore trust in the Lord with all our hearts (v. 5); we must believe that he is able to do what he will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to his promise, to do what is best for us, if we love him, and serve him. We must, with an entire submission and satisfaction, depend upon him to perform all things for us, and not lean to our own understanding, as if we could, by any forecast of our own, without God, help ourselves, and bring our affairs to a good issue. Those who know themselves cannot but find their own understanding to be a broken reed, which, if they lean to, will certainly fail them. In all our conduct we must be diffident of our own judgment, and confident of God’s wisdom, power, and goodness, and therefore must follow Providence and not force it."

What else is there? I can't make it on my own. Maybe you can, but not me. I have no other choice but to trust totally in God. He knows my tomorrows better than I know my yesterdays; but man, it is still hard to do. But, no matter how hard it is, I still trust Him. Job said it this way, & I believe him; Job 13:15 -"Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him." I believe I can say that I trust Him even that far. He knows me, knows what is best for me, & not just me, but my family.

I love the Lord too much not to trust Him. He has always come through, just when I needed Him most. All I know to do when times get tough is anchor myself to His Word, reflect on times past & know, His credit is good with me.