Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6New International Version (NIV)

5 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

    and lean not on your own understanding;

6 

in all your ways submit to him,

    and he will make your paths straight.[a]

This is one of my absolute favorite verses in the bible. It was one of the first ones that I memorized. It was one of the first ones that hit home for me when I started learning and reading the bible. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. That is probably one of the hardest things to do.  Human nature is to try and figure something out. To figure out why. To take control and fix something, to do it yourself.  That is not the way God wants us to handle life. He wants us to trust in Him. Know that no matter the outcome of a situation- He is there. He is in control. He knows whats going on. Even if we don't understand why or how. He does. He sees the big picture, one that we more than likely can not even comprehend at that exact moment... but looking back you may be able to see God working for your favor in one way or another.  

One example that comes to mind for this: is a relationship that I was in for a year and a half. He was emotionally abusive to me. I was pregnant with his child and I was bound and determined to make this relationship work. He was there physically, but mentally and emotionally he wasn't. He didn't care. I would try and hug or kiss him- he would push me away. I would tell him I loved him and he would tell me that I am crazy. When I needed love and support he would tell me that I am crazy. I couldn't cry in front of him with out him making me feel like I was wrong or crazy. This broke me down on so many levels. I kept putting my heart out there for him, only for it to be crushed. I literally cried myself to sleep every single night for at least 6months straight.  For whatever reason I was soooo in love with his man and even after we broke up he still crushed my heart. This went on for years. BUT, because of this, because of the pain, because of the lonliness, because of the heartbreak I felt... It drew to to Jesus. Because of this relationship- I became a saved woman. I don't know that if I hadn't ever been in that relationship- If I would have come to know Christ.  

During that relationship though- all I could see was darkness.  I didn't think anything good would come out of it. I couldn't understand why I was going through what I was. Now looking back I realize that I had to go through that darkness to be able to come into the Light. 

~Sarah Thompson

Secretary 

First Baptist Church of Vermilion