Though He Slay me, yet will I Trust in Him (Job 13:15)

When the sun has not shone for days on end, and the winter rains and storms come pelting down, I will trust Him that soon the sun will shine again.

When my head feels like it is about to split open, and when I move my head too fast it feels like a medicine ball.  I will trust Him that my nasal passages will return to normal, and I will breathe in the fresh mountain air again.

When the future looks uncertain, and I am afraid, I will relinquish that I have no control over the future; and indeed the Lord does give and the Lord does take away, but even so I know He will never leave me.

When there is trouble in my family, I will trust Him to right the problem in His time.

When things didn’t work out like I planned, I will trust Him.

When someone has stolen my idea and taken credit for it – I will grow and let it go – because He knows what is best.

When my prayers seem to go unanswered, and my requests are not what He has planned for me – I know He has a better plan.

When I feel all alone, and that no one even cares about me – I will capture his promise that He will never leave me or forsake me.

When I get down on myself that I am not as handsome as I once was or cannot do things that I could do 20 years ago, I will trust Him – for He has promised an eternal life and body.

When I awake in the middle of the night, with all my anxieties – I will trust Him to bring me peace and take my burdens upon Him.

When the light dims, and sounds are not as loud, when it hurts to move, and the joints ache and creak, when everything hurts, and life just ain’t what it once was – I will trust Him.

When the world has lost its center, and all around me right, reason and common sense, I know that He is my very present help in those times. I will trust Him.

When there is too much noise, confusion, and madness, I will capture as my own, “Be still and know I am God” (Ps. 46:10).

When I am weak, I know that He is strong – I will trust Him.

Though he slay me, I will trust him.

Greater is He that is in me than he is in the world . . . 1 John 4:4.