Yes, one more trip to the dentist.  I have had a series of crowns done in Canada, USA and now Tijuana and they just keep falling out.  It means lots of time, money and pain has been dedicated to my mouth!  This last time I stopped asking “why me”, and filled up with God’s love, comfort and peace.   Here is a quote from book by John Eldridge, Walking with God. “Assumptions govern so much of our lives, or at least, our /interpretation /of our lives. How they are either helping us or hurting us, every single day of our lives? Our assumptions control our interpretation of events, and they supply a great deal of the momentum and direction for our lives. It’s important that we take a look at them. And life will provide hundreds of opportunities to take a look at our assumptions in a single week. Especially as we walk with God.

Think of an event in your life where things didn’t turn out the way you hoped, or expected. What did you assume about all of it? As we get set to enter into a closer walk with God, it would be good to note that so much of what God is doing as we go along is surfacing our assumptions, or challenging them, /so that /he can help to set them right. After all, Jesus said when we know the truth we are set free.

I talked to a friend at a bookstore who was very discouraged. He had held to the assumption that A + B = C. He assumed that God, being a loving God, was going to come through for him. In the sense of; bless his choices, his ministry, make life good. He looked sort of dazed and hurt that it hadn’t happened. He was trying to put a good face on it, but you could see that he had lost heart. This may be one of the most common, most unquestioned, and most naïve assumptions people who believe in God share. We assume that because we believe in God, and because he is love, he’s going to give us a happy life.”

A + B = C. We may not be so bold as to state our assumption out loud—you may not even think you hold this assumption—but notice your shock when thing don’t go well. Notice your feelings of abandonment and betrayal when life doesn’t work out. Notice that often you feel as though God isn’t really all that close, or involved, feel that he isn’t paying attention to your life.”

For a free workbook see – http://www.walkingwithgod.net/pdf/WWG_WorkbookSample.pdf

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