Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It was 0° at sunrise this morning and although I’m longing for some warmer days, I accept what it is today because I trust the Master’s Hand with everything in my Life. He already Knows my plans have been thwarted because of the snow, ice, and cold and He Knows that we haven’t been able to gather at The Well for a few weeks because of it. He already Knows that people are struggling just to heat their homes and that schools are closing until the conditions are safer for the kids and the buses. He already Knows that some people don’t have shelter to escape the bitter temperatures and that some will lose a life or limb because of it. He already Knows it all because He’s already in Tomorrow. As I considered my God who is the “same yesterday, today, and forevermore” I was overwhelmed and I began to weep. I didn’t need to tell Him that I needed a little “extra” this morning…He met me right where I was on this cold January morning because He already knows EVERYTHING about me, He Loves me, and He died for me! The Love and Compassion of the Living God never cease to amaze me. Isn’t that the way it is for you sometimes too?

From where I sit, it seems so easy for some people to believe they’re small in the eyes of a busy God all because of the natural thought process of man, but they miss out on the most amazing Relationship when they do. We tend to gauge our relationship with the Living God the way we gauge all of our other relationships, but God doesn’t work that way. Some people have a hard time accepting that God could forgive them of something horrific they did in the past, but that’s because they know that man is inclined to withhold forgiveness like a judge and jury even though the God they profess tells them to forgive no matter what. Some people struggle to conquer a wrong and they repeat it over and over again because they refuse to accept His Grace. But even Paul struggled with that one – “For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do” and God loved Paul enough to hunt him down on the road to Damascus because He Knew Paul was the perfect man for the “job” – past and all. What’s “good” for Paul is good for you and me BUT we need to learn to Trust the Hand of God like Paul did especially when we don’t necessarily like the way things are going. That’s the Key to a rich Relationship with the King of all kings.

Man issues “tolerance limits” on relationships but God never does…because Christ already paid the price and He’s always ready to forgive when we ask. Some people live as if they can hide their dirty little secrets forever but that’s because they don’t Trust in the God who holds tomorrow…the One Who already Knows it all and loves us anyway. Nothing slips by God – not the 0° temperatures at the farm this morning and not things the Devil likes to tell us are “secret”. The enemy comes to “rob, kill, and destroy” and nothing gives him leverage like believing that God is too big to care. As for me, I Know that I’m a child of the Living God and He says that I’m Royalty and because I Know WHO I am in Christ, I’ll never think my life is too small to matter to a big God.

Gauging the Love of God the way we gauge our other relationships is a clear sign that we don’t understand who He is at all. In fact, it goes to show that it’s not YOU who is too small for Him…it’s Him you think is too small for you! His Word says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, “declares the Lord.” There’s not a relationship on earth that is “perfect” and not a human being that will never cause you pain; but that’s the nature of man. God never stops loving. He never gives up on us no matter how many times we fall. He can’t be fooled. He sees it all. He knows the Heart. He knows the mind. He forgives it all. He doesn’t have boundaries on His Love, and He’ll forgive the offenses matter how vile every single time we Repent.

Gauging His love against every other love is not only an insult to the One that “scattered the stars and sky and knows them each by name,” but it’s absolute foolishness! Who would want a god that loves us the way man does? Who would want a god that could be fooled? Who would want a god that says, “I’ve had enough!?” Who would want to serve a god with limitations and boundaries? It’s only when we stop looking at the Living God as if He has the nature of man that we find Peace and Joy AND Love as we’ve never known before!

I began this day with the coldest temperatures we’ve seen in a while and important plans that have been thwarted because of it. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, I inclined myself to the Author and Perfecter of my Faith – the Creator of this new day – and I spent time Reinforcing my Trust in the One with the Master Plans. I found my Peace in a world I don’t understand. I found my Joy that always “cometh in the morning” and I found my Contentment. You won’t hear me whining no matter what today (or tomorrow) brings. God has great Plans for me and when He says “forever” I know He means it. I’m looking forward to my Forever with Him and I want to Glorify Him until He carries me to my New Home to live “happily ever after” with Him!

How about you?