"God doesn't tease"....

I have a sweet young friend who said those words to me at dinner one night. She told me about a dream she had about a house. She felt like it was the house that she would live in one day. As she and her fiancé were house hunting they came across a house very similar to the one in her dream. Because of different obstacles and bumps in the process, she began to doubt her thoughts about the house. As she asked God about all of it, she felt like He told her, "I don't tease."


That one statement has stuck with me since I heard her say it. My God does not tease with me. He does not tell me some elaborate story and then say, "Gotcha!". His Word is Yes and Amen through Jesus. His plans are to prosper not to confuse or to mislead or to tease. He does not mess with us. We allow the enemy to mess with us.


As I enter into these last few weeks of craziness, I reminded myself of that truth this morning. Concerning myself. My girls. My sweet husband. As we have sought Him during this time of planning and preparation, He has gently guided us through the maze of the unknown. All of us. Through a difficult season with a teacher. Through the process of planning a wedding. Through the choppy waters of the first year of college. Through the rock solid stand of a man who lives with four women.


He has shown us the way. Even when we couldn't quite see the path. Even when we doubted the way. Even when we veered off on our own. He was there. Never wavering from the plan. Never misleading us. Or confusing us. Or teasing us.


Sometimes, I lost sight of His truth. Sometimes, I doubted what He told me. Sometimes, I disagreed with what I knew was His way. But through it all, His way has been full of blessing. Not easy. Not rose colored. But blessed.


As you navigate the waters and paths of your crazy life, hold fast to that truth. Our God does not change or waver or stumble along with you. He walks beside you. He leads you. He carries you. And through it all, He loves you. It is the world and the enemy that whisper in our ear: "See. He won't help you." or "That dream or that thought or that nudge was just your imagination."


Don't believe any of it. My God does not tease. He is Truth.


Happy Friday, sweet friends....

"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” 

says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond 

anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens 

are higher than the earth,    so my ways 

are higher than your ways    and my thoughts 

higher than your thoughts."

Isaiah 55:8-9

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