I Will Trust In You

You are my hiding place.

You always fill my heart with songs 
of deliverance

Whenever I am afraid.

I will trust in You.

I will trust in You. 

Let the weak say,

"I am strong

In the strength of the Lord."

I will trust in You.

~Michael Ledner

I have had this song on my mind a lot lately. In life, we go through things that can't always be controlled. We struggle. We go through storms. Storms we can't control. But the thing about us, as humans, is... we keep trying to control the storms in our lives. No matter what. Storms that we try to control, never had a good ending. Sometimes, our storm doesn't end at all...as long as we try to control it. But...once we give control - complete control - to God, then, even though we are going through a storm, we can trust that God will bring us THROUGH the storm. So many people, in life today, say they believe in God, and they even say they trust in God, but...when the true test comes, they still try and take control of their storm. The thing is, and this has happened with me as well, we finally get to the point where we trust God. We give the situation, whatever it may be, over to God. But...once we see God doing something in our situation that we don't agree with, we try and take control again. That is not true trust. It's either we trust in Him, or not. God, help us to fully trust in You - no matter what life brings our way.

Just something that has been on my mind the last few days. I struggle with this daily. There are so many things going on in my life, and I try to take control. I'll be honest, it's scary handing the reins over to someone else. It really is. But it's not like we are handing them over to a stranger...we are handing them over to the God who created the universe! I think He knows what He's doing! I know, easier said than done...so, just take this as a challenge. I am challenging myself as well. Let's try and give control of our lives to the One Who created us! Like the song says, "I am strong, in the strength of the Lord. I will trust in you!"

God's Handiwork...

I am just sitting outside by the river watching the water and the question came to me, "how can someone seriously doubt the existence of God?" I began to ponder that for a while. There are so many things in our daily lives that we don't realize God is there working in every situation. I know there have been many times I have deeply questioned God's place in my life... But I can honestly say I don't think i have ever actually doubted God's existence. There have been so many scientists throughout history who have tried to prove there is no God. It can't be done. And, yet, people still try to do it. Why? What is the point of spending your life trying to disprove the existence of God? I don't know. I really don't. 

I walk outside and without even realizing it, I see he handiwork of God. The sky, the sun, the clouds, the grass, trees, rocks, water, the moon, the stars, birds, deer...skunks :-)  I just don't understand how someone can take an honest and open look outside and.... Deny, or even question, the existence of God. 

Anyways, that is just what I was thinking about this evening. I am just sitting by the river and decided to randomly write this down.... 

Words of Encouragement...

I just felt to try and encourage someone today. I am not very good with words, so I will just post some things that other people have said...


“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” – Unknown

“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard


“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis

“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Unknown

“At any given moment you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” – Christine Mason Miller

“Let your faith be bigger than your fears.” – Unknown

“Don’t let your struggles become your identity.” – Unknown

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up." - Robert Tew


I know there are a lot of people out there who struggle on a daily basis - whether it be with the same thing, or something different each day. Every one has a "besetting sin" in their life that they have to fight and struggle with. The Bible says, and I am sure EVERY ONE OF YOU have heard this, that God will NOT put on us more than we can bare. I have heard that. I have read that. And, honestly, my first thought is.... "well, what about those who have committed suicide? Why did they kill themselves if they could have handled what life was dealing them?" The Bible never tells us that dealing with the problems in life will be easy, it just tells us that God won't put on us more than we can bare. I understand that a lot of what people have gone through before committing suicide was not "easy"...but, in the end, they just took matters into their own hands. The lesson each one of us has to learn in life is to trust God...with everything. Trust that He is taking us THROUGH our situation for a very good reason. A main reason being...yep, you guessed it.........to help someone else in the future! Think about this for a moment, you are going through a horrible situation in life and you decide you can't go on. What is going to happen to that person in the future that God is planning on YOU helping? You gotta stop thinking about yourself, and start thinking about others. That is a lesson that took me a looooong time to learn! If you wanna stop feeling depressed and you wanna start enjoying life on a daily basis...get your eyes off of your own troubles and get them on to GOD and others (not others problems...those are none of your business, just focus on HELPING others)! You can say, "But, Tiffany, you have no idea what I am going through..." I know. You're right. I don't. But God does. The Bible says that there is no respect of persons with God. The Bible also says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever! It doesn't matter what you're going through...God wants to help you. Each one of you. Period. So you just gotta focus your eyes on Jesus...and everything else will fall into place. Love all of you and pray God's peace AND joy in your life!!!! God bless :)

If You Can Use Anything, Lord, You Can Use Me...

If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
Take my hands, Lord, take my feet.
Touch my heart, Lord, speak through me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.

I remember a story in the Bible days.
You took a man called Moses with a rod in his hand.
You told Moses, "Take the rod in your hand,
Stretch it forth, and walk on dry land."
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.

If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
Take my hands, Lord, take my feet.
Touch my heart, Lord, speak through me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.

I remember a story, I remember it well.
He took a shepherd boy, David, with a sling in his hand.
He took the rock with the sling in his hand,
He flung it forth and the giant fell dead.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.

If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.
Take my hands, Lord, take my feet.
Touch my heart, Lord, speak through me.
If You can use anything, Lord, You can use me.

Yes

I'll say, "Yes, Lord, Yes. To Your Will and to Your Way." I'll say, "Yes, Lord, Yes. I will trust You and obey." When Your Spirit speaks to me, with my whole heart I'll agree. And my answer will be, "Yes, Lord, Yes."

      I have had this song stuck in my head for the last few hours. I just wanted to share it.

Storms...

      Wow. It sure has been quite a while since I posted last. Wow. I didn't realize how long it had been!


      So, I was thinking the other day (like a month or so ago - while driving to the church) about something that I'd like to share... 


      I was driving to church and it was storming really bad - raining so bad, I could barely see to drive. It was pretty crazy. Anyways, the sky was really dark, right when I left my house, and I remember thinking about how flooded the church parking lot and lawn would be. LOL. I seriously couldn't see any blue sky at all when I left my house. But when I started getting closer to the church (close to North Medford High School), I saw blue sky. It looked really amazing and gorgeous! I pulled up at the church and there was no flooding or anything - in fact, it was barely sprinkling when I got there. I know this is kinda cheesy, but I instantly drew a parallel between that and our spiritual lives. We could be going through a huge storm in our lives (spiritual or not, I guess), and can't see an end to it. No matter how far off we look, all we can see is the storm that we are going through. God promised us in His Word that "...this too shall pass..." No matter what storm(s) we are going through in life, it will pass.


      Just a little something that I was thinking about. Not very "deep" or anything, but I wanted to share it.