Someone Needs to Read What I'm Writing Today

In June 2016, my deceased wife received her cancer diagnosis. August 8, 2016, she went home to be with the Lord. Almost two years later (late 2017), God led me to resign from the church I then pastored, with no idea what would come next. That was a major turning point in my life because I had to choose between staying in a place I was comfortable and familiar with and stepping out in faith and trusting God. I chose to trust God, and that trust opened new doors that led me to serve as interim pastor of the church my pastoral father led for more than 40 years. I did not know where God was leading me, but I trusted him. 

Fast-forward to April 2018: after successfully serving as interim pastor of New Monumental Baptist Church, the Lord dropped another bombshell when he instructed me to stop bouncing between the states of Tennessee and Georgia, and make Georgia my new home. That transition wasn't easy, as evidenced by the many hardships I went through. But if I didn't experience what I had to experience, I would not have fully healed from my wife's death, and I wouldn't be happily married today. 

I'm not sure who this devotional is for, but I do know that someone needs to read what I'm writing today. Maybe you've experienced great loss and feel stuck in your grief, and are confused about the next steps. I can't say exactly, because I don't know what's going on in your life, but I do know this: each morning I awake and ask God to direct my thoughts as I write my daily devotional. Today, I was led by God to share with my readers portions of my testimony. 

I will close by saying, no matter what you are going through, remember, there is always a method to God's madness. You may not understand his methods today, but they will be revealed later. One of the best things you can do is trust God even when you don't understand where or why he's directing your path in such a way. And while you're trusting him, remember the divine words from the Hebrew writer (Hebrews 11:1) who wrote, "Faith is the substance (foundation) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith is not only your foundation, but it also is and should always be your reality, assurance, and promise, serving as the evidence of things you cannot see.  

I choose to trust God without reservation, and I encourage you to do the same. 

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