The Flight of Your Life

What God teaches through faith's ups and downs

Ruth E. Van Reken

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October 05, 2007 12:06 PM

Tracy Pace

we are so obsessed with controlling outcomes, it's something I learned from studying Buddhism- attachment to the outcome weakens us. We have to do what we need to do simply trusting that what we do not know or cannot control is in God's balance!

October 05, 2007 9:08 AM

Robin Brooks

This article has helped me. I will leave my unanswered questions with the Lord. I believe that the Lord is a promise keeper even though I don't see how through his will. My childish, immature perceptions of God and my faith in Him, has been replaced with blind faith, no matter what the situation. Through Each situation I will no longer face looking back at what I might have done to cause it, I will face it with new faith that whatever it is that is happening is God's will for my life. Thank You Ruth

August 14, 2007 12:10 PM

Karen Coutier

Yes, your article is all so true. Sometimes we loose sight from God's needs/wills and mainly focus on our own. I lived your article two years ago and am just coming to see the "rainbow" now. I had a talk with God last year. He said a smiliar thing~it's not your will, the doctor's will or your husband's will that I heal you (of physical, emotional, etc), it's MY WILL and MY TIMING. I ended up giving all of those things to him. But I did ask for what my job was and he assigned me one. Now we are trying to make another baby and it's taking longer than expected. My hormones are good, etc. And I like your article, kept wondering what I have to do to get one (what I want). So thank you for reaffirming that "don't have to do everything" but rather focus our love for him. I recently read the latest issue of DECISION by the Billy Graham org. How Ruth just kept going back to the father for everything. That she had sacrificied herself for GOD'S cause and it was hard but she made it!!!