We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28.  This scripture is stuck with me right now.  Stuck in my heart, because I am so thankful that I trust in the Lord and His purpose for our lives.  Thankful that I have gotten to the point in my life that I not only just believe in Jesus, but that He is what my life is about.  He is who I serve. I know I’m not perfect and he never expects me to be,  I want the love I have to show to others even through my imperfections.  In this world of awful destruction right now, of hate, anger and all of those things taking over, He is still in control and I want people to come together and unify!  I do know that there is evil and free-will that play a huge part in the divide that is taking place so rampantly in our world. Obviously the only place we will find perfect peace and love will be in heaven, but in the meantime, I’d like to think that we don’t have to live in total hell and it’s our responsibility to help facilitate some unity on earth.  Jesus had disciples for a reason…we are to not only speak for him, but we are to love as he’s called us to love and we are to let others see that we are the hands and feet of Jesus.  I keep going over in my head, “Jesus doesn’t see skin, he sees souls.”  Souls….the embodiment of our being, our spiritual self, our character, our heart, Jesus sees our hearts!  He knows our hearts, our hurts, our fears, our love, and He also knows those who lack it.   He wants to heal his children and I’m sure this is all a painful thing for him too.  I can’t imagine being God and knowing that I had sacrificed my one and only son (which I’m not sure that I could ever do) to save millions of people, only to have those people continue to turn away from me and my word.  We are so lucky because He is a loving God, a forgiving God and a God who gives so much grace, if we only have faith.  Grace through faith. We are resilient and we are stronger than anyone can imagine.  I’ve learned this of myself, that I’m stronger than I ever knew I was.  I have been accused of not having a backbone (which to me does imply weakness) and I know that in some areas of my life that’s probably true; but I’ve been the strongest little girl, young woman and lady that I could be for years.  The doubt of our own capabilities will kill us.  One day I was talking with an old pastor I used to have and I told him that I was weak and that I was a doormat and I was stupid because I allowed people to take me for granted.  He said, “no Jeanette, you’re not any of those things…you have a pure heart and that is why you make the decisions you do.  So don’t let anyone take that from you or change that in you because there aren’t many people who have truly pure hearts.”  I know that just him saying that, made me feel so much better about the “weak person” I was thinking I was.  Since I’ve come closer to God, I’ve become even stronger, I truly don’t fear much.  I can say that I do have some fears, that include my kids and grandkids, but where it comes to myself….I don’t fear much of anything anymore.  I know God has my back.  God is good all the time and all the time God is good.  Goodnight and God bless.