Last night my fortune cookie was without a fortune. It was disappointing, a bit sad, and certainly not what I expected. But there was still much to enjoy in it.
2020 is definitely not what any of us was expecting. It has been filled with disappointment and sadness, loss and uncertainty, worry and fear. But take care to not let that overwhelm you. Acknowledge it, mourn it, process through it, but keep your attention on the One who is faithful and good.
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ. (1 ๐๐ธ๐ฑ๐ท 4:4)
Like my cookie, we donโt know what the future brings. It may hold even greater trials. If it does, we shouldnโt be surprised. Jesus explicitly tells us that we will, not just might, have many troubles in this world. But take heart, our Savior has overcome them all.
Whatever comes, remain surrendered to Him and unified in love, for it is He that takes all things, including what the enemy means for evil, and turns it for good.
โ๐ก๐ฎ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต๐๐ช๐๐ผ, ๐น๐ป๐ช๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฌ๐พ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ; ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐พ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐พ.โ 1๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ๐ช๐ต๐ธ๐ท๐ฒ๐ช๐ท๐ผ 5:16-18
Be blessed my friends.
Ann
Ann Wilds 