Obey, 10,000 years is just the beginning.

Obey, it all starts with obey. Even if you aren't where you want to be in your walk with Jesus. Even if you don't hear his voice, it doesn't matter. Obey. Tell Him, yell at Him that I am trying to obey, I want to obey, help me to obey.

Right here, right now, my pain or suffering will not change and make it all better. Crying out that it's not fair is not going to make it all better. Just obey. What is happening in our lives is exactly as God planned it. Going exactly as planned so stop the worry, there is no worry when you know it is exactly in God's perfect plan, going EXACTLY as He wants it to. It doesn't matter how bad it is in our eyes, it is His exact plan. I don't have to know the plan, the outcome, and I certainly don't need to be told how it helped after the fact. It's His plan. Will it help me grow? Will I be a witness for others? Will I screw it all up, make it worse? Doesn't matter, it's His.

Knowing that I will probably live another 40 years seems so long, I have already lived 42 and 42 more is forever in my own experience. Well, my experience is so tiny, it is nothing, not even a drop in a bucket. Amazing Grace tells us that "In 10,000 years there will be no less time that when I had first begun. If 10,000 years is just the starting line then 42 years struggling is NOTHING, nothing!

Psalms 118:5-6 "In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"