The Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living

Psalm 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

 

I was reminded of my friend recently and something Jesus did for them!

My friend was many years older than me and their husband had passed. I would talk to them frequently seeing how they were, and they would often mention that they would be dead before too long themselves. I knew they missed their husband, and we're probably going through some loneliness, But they would continually say that their death was inevitable.

I would often fire back with, "That is not true. That is not going to happen!" Eventually they began to put a timeframe on it, beginning with five years; so in five years they began saying they were going to pass on. Well over some time, their five years turned into eight. Each time I would disagree reminding them, “NO! That wasn’t true!”

That was more than ten years ago. And you know what happened? You know who stepped in? Jesus!

One day those words stopped coming out of their mouth, and you know what started coming out? The goodness of the Lord! When things got tough they began to say how whatever the situation was, it would be okay, they started trusting the Lord, trusting that God knew it all, and that he would take care of them.

I spoke with them not long ago and they reminded me about their youth, and their conversation these days has turned into the living they still have, and intend to do because of the Lord.  

Thank God for Jesus!
The scriptures tell us the Lord heals the broken in heart.

Romans 10:13 says whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved! That is shall be delivered, shall be made sound, shall be made whole.

Whatever your situation, know this! You can always call on the one person who can help!

That name is Jesus, there is no other name in which men shall be saved.

God Bless You!
Misty