AFTER AWHILE

"Trusting in the Lord," they say, "will pay off after awhile."

And we Christians say we agree.

But what happens when "after awhile" lingers on and on--for days? And weeks? And months? And even years?

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What happens when we've "Kept a good spirit" and "Prayed both night and day" and "Cried our pillows wet with tears" and "Tied a knot in the end of our rope and held on" . . . yet, we're stressing, waiting on "after awhile?"

Few can identify with such situations, as stress-survivors can. Whether we've been there--done that or dealing with despair right now, we know the terrible stresses that results when the Lord doesn't come through when we want Him to.

Caught up in a web of endless stress, we tend to think all sorts of things. And as most stress-survivors can testify, our feeble minds don't amount to much when our lives are topsy-turvy with stress.

Once we've tortured our brain over and over again, we realize that we can't come up with a doable solution. So what do we do?

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We must learn how to keep trusting in the Lord . . . Anyhow.

If we intend to wade through the deep waters of disappointment and despair--and not drown, WE MUST KEEP TRUSTING IN THE LORD.

Peace I leave with you . . .