stripped

God has been literally stripping me of everything lately and while it does NOT feel good, this is the best it's ever been (if that makes sense?). i'm so glad for the Bible and for all the verses that are written on my heart, because Scripture is the only thing making any sense right now, the only thing that i can put my confidence in, the only truth that i can trust. it reminds me that

God is wise: He knows what is best for His children
God is generous: He gives what is best for His children
God is loving: He does what is best for His children
God is good: He is what is best for His children.

be at rest once more, oh my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. [psalm116:7]

what your time and attention and devotion and thoughts are mostly on reveals where your treasure is - and mine is on so many earthly things. bless the Lord, o my soul, oh Lord my God You are very great... [psalm104:1]... if i really remembered this, all of these things wouldn't matter anymore. when i remember that Christ DIED so i could be with Him ... this truth that used to cut to the heart [acts2:37] ... i realize how far i've strayed from those moments when He was enough.

so even when it feels like everything i love is being taken away and life is continually changing and moving into new chapters -

This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD...
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
[jeremiah 17:5-9]