To find the 'YET' in the midst of..

Alicia again spoke powerfully in the morning service today, so much so that i bought the CD so that i can share it with someone else.

The last time she spoke, she expounded on the powerful truth that God is good, that the seasons of our lives and whatever we experience do not change the very nature of God. No matter what we face, the truth is still that God IS good.

Today, she talked about how Faith can bring us through tough times, and help us find the 'YET' in the midst of anything and everything, how against all hopes, we can be fully persuaded that God has the power to do what He had promised (Romans 4:18-24).

Here are 2 verses where we can find the 'Yet' factor:

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD, I WILL BE JOYFUL IN GOD MY SAVIOUR."
Habakkuk 3:17-18

"Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
FOR I WILL YET PRAISE HIM, MY SAVIOUR AND MY GOD."
Psalm 42:5

I think i blogged about this before, maybe in my previous blog @ www.mizluvl33@multiply.com
but anyway, i still wanna talk about it. :p
Because it is so important, so so important to me that i do not forget that i have a powerful tool i can use when i'm in despair, something that can lift my head up to God and lift me out of my circumstances no matter how big, how nasty, how impossible, how hopeless it may seem.

YET! There is hope! We have a YET! In all circumstances, YET i can still praise Him, YET i will set my eyes on Jesus, YET i will lift up my eyes and my heart and my soul to Him, YET i will trust in Him, YET i will believe in His love, YET i will stand tall, YET.. YET i will still love Him.

YET i know, that He never fails. He is God and God is love. And love never fails. God will never fail me. He never will. No matter how things turn out to be, no matter how different it is from my perception of a good outcome, i know.. i know.. that He knows best. His ways are higher, His thoughts are not my thoughts and His ways are higher!

I have been through that and i can testify that He never fails when we hang on to Him and put our trust fully on Him. But having been through tough times only makes it easier, not all the time easy.

So i will hang on to this truth that i will YET praise Him and He will see me through.

Thank you, Jesus. =)

I am reading a book called 'Gifted Hands'. It's a book about the life of Dr. Ben Carson. He's a famous neurosurgeon who apparently was the first to ever successfully separate siamese twins. Correct me if i'm wrong cos i'm only slightly less than halfway through the book. His story is definitely one that's very inspiring and i particularly love this quote of his (so far), "I have sunshine in my heart regardless of conditions around me". Jesus is my sunshine!

And another short quote from his music teacher, "Put the first things first".

Well, that's all for now, i've got to get back to my Ethics Application! =)

Have a good week ahead!