So, here I was, uncontrollably sad. Crying out to God, venting to God, when I noticed right in the middle of four lanes of traffic, heavy traffic mind you, is a man. He is waiting to cross the other two lanes. I couldn't believe it. I am thinking "WOW, that is dangerous!"; When it dawns on me that he is standing directly behind a small moving-truck who is also waiting to turn across the last two lanes. Suddenly the truck turns and then the man without hesitating begins to cross the street ALONG with the truck. He was USING the truck as a shield.
Immediately I get it. I begin to cry. I thank God over and over again. I knew God was saying it was okay. That He would be my shield as I make my way through the chaos of my life.
While tears poured down my face God opened up the skies and just let the rain pour...my heart was so overwhelmed with gladness and love.
God is not just some abstract person who sits on a throne silently watching us go through hell on earth. His heart breaks when ours breaks. He understands our tears.
The Father's love for us is so intense. He knows our inward thoughts and exactly how He designed us. He knew how to to talk to me. How to give me a hope. Even now...as I think about it...I am sustained...I can go on. All because of a perfect analogy...just for me...Yeah, God, He is pretty amazing like that!!!
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
~Isaiah 55-8
the TRUTH in LOVE, Heidi Shepherd
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