Forever faithful

I have known the Lord my entire life.  He has been faithful everyday of my life in every aspect whether I was walking with Him, or whether I was walking my own path.  Still, it never ceases to amaze me at the detail with which the Lord intervenes in my life and in the issues I have to deal with.  He goes before me and makes the crooked places straight, he makes a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.  No matter what the challenge, His timing, preparation and provision are absolutely PERFECT.  I could begin with examples and write hundreds of 300 page books and still not cover all the instances that He has been faithful to care for my every need.  Needless to say, all the times I don't know about would fill even more books. 

He can change a circumstance, an outcome and even the heart of a man.  He has and does that for us on a second by second basis...when we allow Him to. We just have to trust Him.  I will never forget the day so many years ago when I had asked Him what to do about a specific thing.  His answer to me was "fall back into my arms."  I saw in my minds eye,  myself standing on the edge of a cliff, falling backwards into arms that I could not see.  It was a request to have blind faith... with no question, no fear, and no idea what might come.  Just to trust Him to catch me, trust Him to provide for me and not question His ability to be all I would ever need.  To throw down any crutches, expectations of any person, job or entity of the world, and to follow Him without reservation.

I, of course, questioned all the how's, why's and wherefore's and doubted within myself that it could be so simple... and that I had actually heard Him correctly.  In His faithfulness, mercy and grace... He continued to confirm His  Word to me until I could believe it... until I could 'fall back into His arms" without fear.  When I did, it opened up a whole new world to me.  Since then... the more I learn, the more time I spend, the closer I get to Him... the more incredible it becomes... and the more I can see all that He does on my behalf.  I have lacked nothing, I have enjoyed His favor, and above all, I am learning each day how to be who He created me to be... and who He wants to be to me each day... and without fail ... it is always exactly who I need Him to be, exactly what I need and when I need it. It is always more than I deserve, better than I could hope... and from a Daddy who loves me in spite of myself, and who is Forever Faithful even when I was not.