Thoughts borrowed from a friend

Recently, a friend on Facebook posted a couple of very deep and true thoughts on Facebook.  I have had the pleasure of knowing this woman for a long time.  She has only been a Christian for a few years.  Her salvation was one of the things on my top 10 prayer list for a long time, and a reminder that God answers prayer (even though it might not be on our time or in the way we expect).  Anyway, I asked if she would mind me sharing her thoughts here and she said OK.  So here goes:

Yesterday as I was leaving the Doctors office the nurse patted me on the back and said"God never gives you more then you can handle". These are my thoughts on this widely used statement: God does give us more then we can handle,and he does it on purpose. We as humans naturally fix what we have the ability to fix. Most of us do not ask for help unless we need it. If you can move your couch to clean... underneath it you push it out of the way without much thought,only asking for assistance if it is too heavy . God wants us to turn to Him with our problems there for at times making our problems big enough that we HAVE to ask his Help. God wants to work miracles in our lives and he can not do that if we can work things out for ourselves. God wants to be able to shine though us and our lives though His acts . 2 Corinthians 12:9 says "“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” For this too be true we need to be weak for his power to shine . Philippians 4:13 says " I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me" .THROUGH is the key word here. We can do Nothing on our own without His help. God sent Gideon into battle after shuffling though his warriors until so few were left that everyone would see that only God could win. God parted the Red Sea allowing Moses and the Israelites to survive a humanly impossible situation. If Moses could have lead them without help I am sure he would have with out much thought.

 

 Here's another post from my friend:

 

Today in Sunday School we were talking about the Wise Men searching for baby Jesus and it dawned on me that we are much like them.  Wise? No, I won't begin to claim that.  Only the people who were willing to look were able to see Jesus.  Many of us are lost, floundering around looking for our Saviour when He is right here surrounding us all.  Only the people willing to look are able to see Him.  When I go into nature, I see God everywhere.  IT IS EASY TO SEE HIM everywhere when everything is fresh and clean, still and good.  My problem is when things are bad, I forget to look.  God never leaves me, or anyone for that matter.  It is me who forgets to look and see Him.  He isn't in the people or the situation that is making me upset but close with me, guiding me.  Our world is not unlike when Jesus was born.  We have a lot to learn from the Wise Men.

 

I need say no more.  These excellent thoughts say enough on their own.