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All About Me . . .

1/6/2018

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Okay, so this might sound like a very selfish way start to the new year, but my focus for 2018 is going to be on me. I want not only to look at but also to claim the promises God has made to me (and you). Promises about love and forgiveness, about security and significance, about purpose and peace.

But there’s a problem. Believing in promises is born out of a relationship of trust and we live in a world that erodes trust. It doesn’t take much. Lies, partial truths, and even the omission of important information undermines trust, and so we become weary of having our faith broken and wary of trusting others. This in turn makes it difficult for us to sometimes trust God … especially with the important issues.

I can remember very clearly a situation in which I was having a trust issue with someone, and God, loud and clear, said, “Jody, you’re trust issues aren’t with ______, they are with Me. You don’t trust me to have your best interests at heart. ” Which was true. I didn’t trust God with the situation. I knew what I wanted, and I felt the only way to insure that was to somehow control it.

But no matter how much I tried to know everything I needed to know to feel secure and at peace … I couldn’t. I wasn’t omniscient. And that sliver of information I didn’t know still created doubt, which then created anxiety and worry.

Therefore, the place I have to start in order to take God at His word (and perhaps you do as well) is with believing in His trustworthiness.

So I guess it isn’t all about me . . . It’s really all about Him.


4 Comments
Penelope Ray
1/6/2018 09:17:48 am

Hi Jody!

Happy New Year! Your post reminds me of talk I just listened to with Joni Eareckson Tada. She was injured as a teenager, and as a result, paraplegic most of her life now. She was talking about God's promise of healing and how people approach her to pray for her physical healing all the time. She participates and is open to the prayer, and to the healing. She also confesses that she has issues of the heart like doubt. Much like your conclusion here, her aim is to have more of Jesus, chair or not. Her testimony ministers to me the very trust you are speaking about. ~Blessings!

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Jody
1/6/2018 03:06:59 pm

Penelope,

Thank you, as always, for your response and insight. Joni Erickson Tada is truly an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.

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Linda C
1/6/2018 11:15:42 am

Trust is probably something most of us grapple with, and I am no exception.

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Jody
1/6/2018 03:07:29 pm

A tough one, isn't it?

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    Jody Eileen Solinski spent her career teaching in the California public school system where she enjoyed helping young adults take their place in society. A native Californian, she enjoys the outdoors and so loves living in Northern California where she can enjoy the beauty of God’s creation up close.

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