Chad, Benson,
Thank you, Benson for starting this prayer, from one that has been out a while and for all the rest I brought up top the other day, for they have been heavy on my heart --those who have shared their predicament and then...vanished. :(
Chad, sometimes it's not about just "trusting", but knowing full well that this is a fallen world in which we live, and while God will provide for our daily needs, most of us have extended ourselves beyond our 'daily needs'.
So often, even amidst our church families, there is a sublmiminal message that if we're not "blessed" financially or with healing, that we must have something wrong with our relationship with God.
I find nothing biblical in that since many of the leaders of the biblical church suffered horrendously, and that has remained true in our contemporary world as well.
I don't like to suffer, but while things aren't good, I'm blessed in other "daily bread" ways, and I'm trying to learn to find peace amidst the turmoil and as you say, Chad, trust that the Lord "has my back" as it were.
Sometimes, I wonder if He allows us to wait until we realize other's opinion of "why?" we're still seeking, "just-doesn't-matter". Afterall, as you say, it's between Him and the one "waiting"".
For all to "keep the son in their eyes!"