Do you do some kind of exercise everyday? I try to get out every morning to run. When I went out this morning, it was cold, but I figured I would warm up once I got moving. Half way through my run, I was still quite cold, but I thought surely I would warm up soon. So I kept going expecting my hands to stop hurting from the cold, but it was not until I got back inside my house that I warmed up, and even now my hands and arms are tingling.
As I ran, this Scripture was going through my head. Most people are familiar with Jeremiah 29:11 'For I know the plans That I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.' But are you familiar with what follows? Read verses 12-14 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found by you. declares the LORD, 'and will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.'
Like the warmth that never came, have you tried to meet with God only to feel alone? Then I would tell you to dig deeper, search harder, stay longer in your place of quiet rest. Keep searching with all your heart. God has something for you. Do not stop short of what He wants to do in your life because it gets hard and long and it feels like there is no point. Your answer could be in the next moment, or on the next page. Do not give up. Keep going.
The LORD bless you with perseverance in seeking Him no matter how long it takes.
I love you,
Ruth
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