Do You Trust Me?

Wow...This too, is my weakness; total and complete trust that God has got me in the palm of His hand...that He will work all my insecurities into blind, beautiful and pure faith that leads to unconditional trust in my Savior.
Thank you dear sister in Jesus for sharing your heart and opening up in this area...we all WANT so badly to trust our Lord 100%, 100% of the time, and secretly, we feel failure when that mark falls short...<3

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this wonderful article. I was having one of those days when you wake up and things just seem off. Negative self talk, not able to focus, doubtful, scared about trying to find a job . . . . well you get the picture. I tryed to redirect my mind and dove into my bible study, Discerning the Voice of God by Pirscilla Shirer, and then I recieved your email. What a wonderful confirmation of God's persistant love, His reassurance letting me know everything will be okay and redirecting my mind to trust Him!

Thank you so much for this article! I really needed to hear this today. Like you, I am so not there when it comes to trusting God when he has proven over and over again that he is trustworthy. For the last 5 years or so our family has gone through some difficult financial times and we are once again looking to God to help my husband find a job. My husband was sharing with me last night how he knows a guy who invested in gold when it was really cheap and now it is worth 2 million dollars.

He then read the scripture 1 Peter 1:6-7 "In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."
Wow! God is more concerned with our faith because it is worth more than gold!

I'm learning to trust! God bless!

Thank you for your testimony. It reminds me of when I faced similar fears as a young mother, many years ago. Trust me--I had similar worries but everything turned out all right. God blessed me with a good husband and provider even with the ups and downs in the economy that we had then, so even with the struggles God made a way. I wouldn't trade that time for anything; the quality time I had with our son was worth more than money. I faced a similar struggle when I lost my husband. But God had already made a way because I was back in the workforce; serving others. I love what I do even though I lost my benefits. Helping others takes my mind off my own problems. I am blessed with a good church family and good friends. God also blessed me a couple of years ago by bringing into my path a good Christian man who faced a smilar loss and we are Blessed by having a second chance and are planning a future together. God knows our needs before we do; all we have to do is Trust. God Bless!

Thank you God for inspiring Mary to write this to touch so many of our hearts. This is an article we should read to be reminded every day of our lives. I have went through and am still going through tough times in my life, marriage, financial, family and facing non-believers who say they believe in God but their life is not living for God. I have to always remember God is speaking to me. He has a plan Only I can stay strong for myself through God and turn to Him always. We can't change anything on our own but with faith in God and asking Him to keep me on His narrow path the plan is just ahead of me. Trust in God and nothing else and He will show you. The examples will happen and all of those that live wrong and all the hardships others have been watching will soon show the strength I had. And all I can say is I gave it to God and He led me here. God has shown me so much and has reminded me He is right here. We are God's children and we need to receive His discipline daily. Thank you Lord! I love you.

I have suffered the loss of my father in law, Charles in MArch 2012 and my dad in June 2012. My husband has had heart issues, stents, etc. and I have ended up with PVC (irregular heartbeat). I need to lean on the Lord for strength and TRUST HIM in this season. This was so encouraging to me and I am so thankful to have read this this morning. When we are weak HE is strong. Thank you Cathe and Pastor Greg for your ministries. Thank you Lord God for working through the Cathe and Pastor Greg.

My husband and I have a family business and I too struggle with anxiety, doubt and worry. Although I may pray and make it my days ambition not to worry.......they trickle in almost daily. At times I feel like a failure. I want to know what it feels like to have the peace that surpasses all human understanding. But everyday I wake up with the hope that today I will defeat those fears and truly let God lead me.
I want to thank you for the questions that you posed.........Is God reliable? Does he have the strength? Does he have the ability. I wrote them on an index card to take with me to my office, so that when those doubts and anxieties come calling I can reach for my reminder card and put those doubts to rest. I also began meditating on Proverbs 3:5-6 with an emphasis on the word "Trust". I believe I may have repeated the word Trust over 200 times last night when I could not sleep.
Thank you for your encouragement.

Right after posting this, I picked up my devotional by Ruth Graham "Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There". The devotion was "He invites you to trust". 2 Timothy 1:12 - I know whom I have believed and am pursuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. In the devotion she confesses that her trust is weak and feeble and asks God to strengthen her and to grow in trust. Thank you Mary and Ruth Graham for allowing God to use you for helping the countless women who are weak in this area. Hearing these confessions, strengthens me and removes the shame.
Amazing!!

As I've faced a great deal of hardship and opposition, I have learned that I create the world of anxiety, fear, and worry, in which I live, not only in my head, but also in my heart because of my lack of distrust faith, and unbelief. It is then, that I deem necessary, to reflect on His track record of faithfulness. Just as Sarah and Abraham acted in disbelief concerning the promise of Issac, God changed their faith through the circumstances and blessed them in spite of the condition of their hearts. Situations like these, when we are required to trust Him with our whole hearts, gives Him the opportunity to show us His unconditional love, and better yet, gives us the opportunity to receive it. Thank you for ministering to my heart!

As a single mother of 3 young children, I'm constantly worrying and having fears over the outcome of our futures. How will I provide for them? How effectively can I alone raise them in the ways of the Lord? How will coming from a single parent home impact their lives? This past Saturday night, I came across Proverbs 3:5–6 during my devotion time. The next day on Sunday, I received an unexpected monetary early christmas gift from a friend. This Monday morning, it was that unexpected monetary gift from Sunday that allowed me to be able to cover the daycare fee for this week. By this Monday evening, I was back to worrying again about how to make ends meets for the rest of this week, and telling God how it wasn't fair that some of us have to go through these hardships, and that I felt He had forgotten about me. Then tonight, as I sat here doing my evening devotion, I came across this article, featuring the same passage I read Saturday night, and God spoke to me and said: TRUST ME.