Knowing, Growing, and Glowing

written October 2008, on my Facebook page

God has taught me so much over the past few weeks about who He is and about His grace in my life. The past few weeks has been a spiritual battle wondering why God is allowing my dad to go through cancer treatments. I as wondering why God would allow someone who has been dedicated to His service to have to go through the chemo treatments. I asked.
my best friend Amy why...and she had no answer. I asked myself why...I had no answer. I asked God why...and of course He was the only one with the answered that I needed. I started to really pray that the Lord would show me somehow why my family and why my dad needed this valley in our lives. There have been times I was ready to cry, ready to hop on on plane or in my car to run to my dad and to my family. But God has shown me that I needed to go through this from a distance. Perhaps to see that only He will give me that peace and the fact I need to lean on God a lot more while a piece of my heart is in North Carolina.
Sunday morning my pastor preached a message I felt was really for me and one that I needed to hear. He spoke about the church comforted and how the Thessalonians church was going through a hard time but it was to help them to know, grow, and glow.
I applied this in my life that I know God is in control of the situation and His hand is upon my dad and my family. I know that God had this planned long long ago.
I will grow more and more in Christ and closer to Him as I lean on God more.
In the end I will glow---I will have joy through the trial.
It's great to know that God is in control of each aspect of my dad's life, my family's life, but best of all my own life. I am looking forward to what the Lord is going to teach me over the next few weeks and months.
God is good, God is faithful, God is always in Control-
God is all that I need :)