IrishOboe

There is a lot I don’t understand.  What exactly does it mean to “mourn as if you were not mourning”?  What does “don’t worry, for the Lord knows you need these things” mean?  One thing is for sure, it doesn’t mean you will never go hungry.  For reasons I don’t understand God has blessed me beyond (my feeble) believe and keeps blessing me in so many big and small ways.  I don’t understand what I’ve “done” to “deserve” this other than I don’t deserve it at all.  Yet I will rejoice and thank my God for everything he does and IS.  I know there will be a season where I don’t find myself to be blessed, and maybe that’s the meaning of “be happy as if you were not”:  simply realizing in our rejoicing that our circumstances are temporary and beyond our control.  I rest in the knowledge that God has the very best, most amazing plan for me, even though (because?) it will include times of struggle and trial.  Given all he’s done so far I wait excitedly to see what he’s going to do next!  His imagination is infinitely better than mine and no matter what I dream up he’ll always surprise me with something more beautiful!