Short cuts

" When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, "If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt." 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle."


God, you are sovereign. I serve an ALL KNOWING, MIGHTY God. He knows all about my circumstances. He hears my cries and knows my anxious thoughts. This week, I'm guilty of being faithless AGAIN. (I HATE this about myself). While I'm arguing with God about how he's taking forever to answer my prayers, he's busy working out the details behind the scenes. I've felt like for the past 2 years, he's "lead me around the desert road". The longer road. God... I thank you because you knew the "short-cut" road would have lead me astray. You knew it would've been too much for me to handle and that I just wasn't prepared for the battles I'd find there. You knew I needed to be humbled, refined, renewed and strengthened. I thank you for knowing me so well and loving me enough to take me around the desert road. It's here that I've found you. I know you love me and this path was set by you, especially for me. We're in this together. Help me to be grateful for the pillar of fire and cloud you've provided to guide me along the way. Help me to never forget all these things. <3

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Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.