I got a tattoo, "Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."
I focused much on the verse itself, but reading today, the verses around so what life to live here on earth with outsiders/unbelievers. God is faithful and He does send those to you that are His in the midst of the belief that none know Him... of course He always has a remnant somewhere...its hard to remember that. God is always faithful. We do have an accuser that wants to kill, steal, and destroy our lives and our faith in God. But we have a faithful God, who loves us. He loves us. Its hard to find Genuine Love. But he genuinely loves us. Somehow we have to un-muddy the muddy waters of our fears of who God is. Somewhere lodged in our sinful man is the idea that God isn't love. He isn't good. That He is always mad at me... May God and His perfect love cast out fear as it does in moments when we are pressing into God, when we just feel Him. In the moments we aren't, we take our stand, we call out with pain to a God that does hear. We don't serve a God that doesn't hear. He hears our prayers and in turn answers us according to His will and His good purpose and plan for our lives. Sometimes these align, frankly maybe they never do, and its because of this magnificent truth: "My ways are higher than your ways, my thoughts are higher than your thoughts." Aka, God has a better plan/life for us.... He always has something better. Heaven awaits us. That will be much more than Earth.
