"He is our help and our shield."

One of my favorite verses is Psalm 33:20-22, "We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His Holy Name. May Your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in You."

Lately I feel like God has been really trying to challenge me in so many ways. He's challenging my strength, my faith, my trust, my hope in Him. These things can be so extremely hard to grasp... There are times I feel like I am so strong, I feel like my faith, hope, and trust in Him is exactly where it needs to be... But no, God, in His humorous ways, is never done with challenging me. The past few days have been confusing, challenging, rewarding, and frustrating. I want to take control of all these things in my life, I want to fix them, I want to change them, I want to make them right... and when I get to that point, I just hear this soft voice saying to me "You have to have faith in Me, and My plans for you... It might hurt right now, it might be hard, it might be more than you think you can handle... but trust me, EVERYTHING will work out just how they're supposed to... I know what I'm doing... Give me control...", and at that moment, I am content... and willing to give it all to Him. Just when I thought I had given Him complete control, and trust with everything in my life, He knew I needed to know that He's never done with me.

He's not done with me, and He's not done with you... 

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