Guest writer: Sue Weaver
These heartbreaking words came through my phone: “my unbelieving spouse wants us to be separated, I want to stay, and spouse says that’s okay if freedom is granted, but now –except for our child–we have separate lives. Will staying help my spouse to see Truth? How can I build the spiritual future of my child? Can I survive this loneliness?”
What to say? And even more, what to think about wounds that life can bring? In our summer book Desiring God, on page 36, I found this balm for my troubled thoughts:
The hardened disobedience of men’s hearts leads not to the frustration of God’s plans, but to their fruition.
And this salve on the following page:
God’s sovereignty over men’s affairs is not compromised even by the reality of sin and evil in the world.
Trust is always reasonable! God is not blindsided by any detail of any life. He is putting all things together in his overarching, saving plan. He makes all things work together for His glory. He has designed from all eternity, and is infallibly informing with every event, a magnificent mosaic of redemptive history. The contemplation of this mosaic (with both its dark and bright tiles) fills His heart with joy. (page 40)
~Guest writer: Sue Weaver~
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Sue, you always get to the “heart” of the matter in your writing! Thank you for this insight by helping us all to step back and see the bigger picture, God is in control and nothing happens outside of His plan for any and all of us!
the “heart” of the matter — YES! that is a good way to put it. sue has a knack for that. thanks for your comment, patti! keep the conversation going. it is very helpful!
The book was quite hard to read up until page 28. I am starting to enjoy it now. I got it a week late. Sue I always appreciate your writing. Thanks!
yes, mona, it gets a lot better!! please spread the word. like they say, “no pain, no gain.” glad you are enjoying it now!
I just wondered if anyone else felt that way or am I just slow?
nope. we’re all in this together, and that’s what makes it so exciting! and i love the conversation going here. please post as often as you are able. blessings!
If you’re slow, Mona then we can be slow together! I second your thoughts, it was a little challenging to get into but is getting much much better!
Glad it is getting better, Renee. Thanks for posting your comment here.