Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
John 20:29
It’s been a good long while since I last posted to this
blog. To tell you the truth, I just haven’t felt much like writing these last
few months. You see, there are some things in my life that just aren’t going as
planned right now. Ever since I was a young kid and heard my Granny tell stories
about growing up with nine brothers and sisters, I always dreamed of growing
up, getting married, and having a large family. However, when the first phase
of that dream seems impossible to complete, I get discouraged; and at times, it’s
hard to believe that God really does have a plan for my life. That’ when He
reminds me of the above verse: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet
have believed.”
I’ll be twenty-two at the end of this month. I almost dread
my birthday this year because it means that I am another year older with
precious little to show for it. All around me I see people my age getting
engaged, getting married, and having children. It’s depressing, really. I’m not
the kind of person that believes in putting off marriage and family for college
or a career. No. I always dreamed of getting married right of high school. I
always thought I’d have a couple little kids running around by now, but I
obviously don’t. Marriage is nowhere in sight, and I still have a year and half
of college left. So sometimes it’s easy for me to look at my life and say, “Lord,
what are You doing”? The answer’s always the same: “For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you…thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future
and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).
Friend, God knows what He’s doing. It’s up to us to trust
Him and to remember that “blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
believed” (John 20:29). It has been well said that, when we can’t trace His
hand, we can trust His heart. Therefore, though I cannot see, I choose to
believe that He still has plan for me.
Do you know Him today? Have you chosen to believe the One
you cannot see? Have you experienced the blessing of eternal life that He gives
freely to all who trust in Him? If you will simply turn from all sin and trust
Jesus alone to save you, He will save you today and keep you saved forever.
