God Is Faithful

This is another blog from my daughter. As I read these words, I relived the whole ordeal; the fear, the tears, the encouragement we gave. We put on a strong front, but after a while, we "grown-ups" thought we knew how the story would end. 

We were wrong.

God was Faithful

40 days

    During winter my dog got loose. I was scared when it happened because I got home from school and he was gone. I didn't know how long he had been gone. I went to look for him around town calling his name and wondering where he was. That night was really sad because we didn't find him. I was praying that he was safe. I had Christmas without my dog which was upsetting cause usually he is right by me when I open gifts. A couple weeks later my mom got a text from someone saying that they thought that they had our dog. My mom went to go see if they did have him. He was there! My mom brought him home and when we got home we got to see him. I was so happy when I saw him because for 40 days I didn't know where he was. During the times that he was gone my mom and dad were telling us that God was faithful and we prayed for our dog to be safe. It might have been a while but in the end God was faithful.

    When I thought about the title I remembered a story I had heard from and had read in the bible.  God sent Jesus up to some mountains with no food or drinks and to stay there for 40 days and 40 nights. During that time Satan came and tempted Jesus. He was saying that since he was Jesus he could just summon bread from the rocks and that he could jump off the rocks and angels would catch him. " Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, " You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve." ( English Standard Version). Even Satan listened to God.

    So in those two stories my family was faithful and Jesus was faithful trusting God by not eating or drinking anything.

So remember all the time God is faithful and God is faithful all the time.

God is faithful. No matter what you are going through, or for how long, God is there. Sometimes we just have to hang on a little longer. I can tell you this much--for us, the rejoicing of my children on day 41 completely replaced the anguish of the previous month and a half. 

God is faithful, and He has the habit of rewarding those who are faithful in return.

Trust God, and have a great week!