Ever feel like life's storms just won't let up? You know the Lord said there would be valleys you would go through, but you feel like you are going through more than your share. Sometimes it's as if everything keeps happening one after the other and it leaves you feeling broken, empty, and scared.You keep praying for the sun to come back in your life, but the rain continues to fall and you look up wondering what the Lord is trying to do.
Even when it feels like you are going to drown, know that the Lord has a purpose and plan for everything that happens in your life. Yes this includes the good, the bad, and the ugly. We can't take the roses without the thorns and we can't expect all sunshine and no rain. And we should not think of rain as just a light drizzle. It may come as a hurricane or some terrible storm. Yet the Lord promises to "work all things for good for those who love him" (Romans 8:28).
These lines come from the chorus of the popular Christian song "I am Washed by the Water" from Needtobreathe. It speaks of how God can cleanse us and make us new even through the raging storms of life. So the rain may be falling, the floods in your life may be rising, and the storm may be raging. And yet God may be using all of these to wash you. You may not understand what He is doing, but just trust Him. For He does know what He is doing and sometimes He knows we just need to be washed by the water.
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