So we should never ask why in the sense of demanding that God explain or justify His actions or what He permits in our lives.

In order to trust God we must know Him in an intimate, personal way.

we are to establish our beliefs by the Bible, not by our experiences.

I realized I knew the truth regarding God's sovereignty. What I had to do was to decide if I would trust Him, even when my heart ached. I realized anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never

Our first priority in times of adversity is to honor and glorify God by trusting Him. We tend to make our first priority the gaining of relief from our feelings of heartache or disappointment or frustration. This

The fact is we do not know what God is doing through a particular set of circumstances or events.

God's providence clearly affirms that we can trust God.

So the Scriptures are infallible and inerrant, but our understanding of them is not. Rather, it is often conditioned by our previous understanding or biases.

We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.

When we disobey God we defy His authority and despise His holiness. But when we fail to trust God we doubt His sovereignty and question His goodness.

I realized anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never feel like trusting God when adversity strikes, but I can choose to do so even when I don't feel like it. That act of the will, though, must be based on belief, and belief must be based on truth.

Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn't help it.