....2 seemingly simple words....
........2 seemingly simple words that frequently have come out of my mouth....
What If...
In countless areas of life, these 2 words have begun many questions for me. Often, following the What if, comes the then...
What if (fill in the blank)? Then (fill in the blank).
In the Beth Moore Esther study that I'm going through right now, Beth talks about the "what if" question...
1) What if I choose a career I don't enjoy? Then I'd be depressed and would never want to go to work!
2) What if I get diagnosed with something terrible? Then I'd be devastated and life would lose some of its joy!
3) What if I don't get in to the college I want, or don't get good scholarships? Then, I'll have to go somewhere I really don't want to go, and can't enjoy..
4) What if "the right one" doesn't like me? Then I may be stuck an old maid... forever!
and the questions go on and on... we all ask different what ifs...
Beth Moore stresses that we need to give a new "then" to our "what ifs.."
No matter the "what if," God will still be good, and still be faithful...
We should answer our "what if this," with "then GOD.."
What if I make a bad decision? Then God is still faithful, and still good...
What if a relationship doesn't go the way I hoped? Then God is still faithful, and still good...
What if? Then God...
What if? Then God...
What if? Then God...
What if? Then God!!!
This was a huge encouragement for me!
We may fall on our knees sometimes in life, and not understand why things happen, but God is still good. When we're on our knees, we're in the perfect position to pray..
We all have fears. We've all asked What if.. It's not wrong to have fears...
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon
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