God Never Fails

We put our trust in so many things thoughout the day. We trust that our alarm goes off, that the car starts, and that there will be food on the table at dinner time. We trust in our friends, our family, and our church. Above all, we trust in God.

Out of that whole list, EVERYTHING will fail us at one point...except God. God goes beyond our expectations - He is perfect, He is good, and He is loving. He is for us not against us. Though sometimes it feels like God has let us down, when we look at the big picture, we see that everything that God allows or does in our life brings us closer to Him. In the end, His plan is always better than ours.

This first week of school has been beyond chaotic and confusing for me. Mentoring the grade 9's, wondering what to do about my job, not to mention deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life...well, it's been a lot of things thrown at me all at once. Today I was hit with the final blow. My Writer's Craft class (by far my favourite of them all) was being cancelled because there weren't enough students.

Well, I was just so shocked by this. What was I going to do? I want to be a journalist, and that class was supposed to help me with my dream of becoming one. There are no other classes in that timeslot that I wanted to take, so I decided on not taking any at all...a 'spare' period.

When I stepped back and looked at the big picture of my crummy week, I saw that I had no right to be upset. God never said that things won't fail us - He said that HE would never fail us. Everything else around me could fail, but He never would, and He never will.

"Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you." - 1 Chronicles 28:20