But God

Years ago I had a small book entitled "BUT GOD". It was a very inspirational book. This week when I really wanted and needed to reread it I found that it is now missing. Isn't that the way things often go? The Bible includes numerous "BUT GOD" experiences. In Genesis 50:20, Joseph said to his brothers, "you thought evil against me, BUT GOD meant it for good." In Genesis 48:21, Israel told Joseph, "behold I die. BUT GOD shall be with you". When Pharaoh changed his mind and began to pursue the Israelites, in Exodus 13:18, it is written "BUT GOD led the people about". In I Samuel 23:14 Saul sought David every day, "BUT GOD delivered him not into his hand". In Psalm 73:26 David cries out "my flesh and my heart faileth; BUT GOD is the strength of my heart". In Acts 13:19 - 30, it says that they took Jesus down from the cross and laid him in a sepulchre, "BUT GOD raised Him from the dead". "BUT GOD" incidents are God's interventions in impossible situations. The Bible is filled with them and hopefully our lives are, too - His intervention in our lives, in His time. Honestly, with the pressures we are facing personally right now, I'm praying and looking for another "BUT GOD" experience.  And, I know He will intervene - in His time, not mine. Maybe you, too, are facing difficult, seemingly impossible situations right now. Trust a loving Father who will intervene with strength, wisdom, and peace when He knows that His children need help. Things may seem impossible or overwhelming, BUT GOD ...