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No more than you can handle
Posted On 10/27/2008 12:02:21 by holley88
I want to share an Aha! moment that I had this week.

Something that I have been pondering recently is that the Lord will not give me any more than He knows I can handle. Having faith that this is true, it would be logical then to go into any trial knowing that I could, albeit with some help from the Lord, overcome the adversary or make it through whatever has been put in front of me. I've come to realize that this means I will have to put away the victimized mindset that is so easy to carry with me. I have often gone into difficult situations thinking I can't do this. It's too much. I'm all on my own. How foolish I was. I can do it with the help of the Lord, He will test me but it won't be anything I can't handle with His help, and I am never on my own. That last is something that, sadly enough, I (and many of us) fail to remember.

The hymn Be Still My Soul was sung in my ward yesterday. It pertains to this idea of not being alone through your trials and having Him in your corner. The first verse is particularly comforting to me:

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order  and provide;
Through ev'ry change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy Heav'nly friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

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From: puniisham
10/27/2008 18:02:29

If that's the case, then He must think that I can handle alot. Since coming into the gospel, we have been hit with so many things that if not for my faith in God and my testimony that He has given me - I don't think I would've made it.


 


Since coming into the church - we have been hit with one thing right after another and I literally mean one thing after another. This year in December we make our third year in the gospel and we've had to deal with 2 deaths-one expected and one unexpected, depression, cancer, the supernatural, betrayal and now drugs - all within my extended family and all since becoming a member.


 


I know that the Lord led our family to His true church at this time for a reason and these situations that He's allowed to come our way is preparing us for the bigger purpose He has for us. It's just that........man! Believe me that scripture has run it course through my head countless and countless times. Sometimes I'm breaking down and crying and I hear that verse going thru my head and I'm doing all I can not to keep crying...but I know that I have gone too far to hold it back..and that's when I hear my Lord telling me... to give it to Him and that's I get on my knees and drop my burdens on to His lap. After a few seconds I feel the peace come over me and that's when I realize that He's been with me the whole time.



From: holley88
10/27/2008 12:30:48
Thanks for responding. It's nice to know that somebody got something from it!

From: Bethie
10/27/2008 12:27:54

What a beautiful and inspirational blog post!


 


And that's one of my favorite hymns, because


it is so true.  We are never alone.


 


Thank you for your testimony!

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