Roller-coaster🎢

 Sometimes we just don't know where this ride is going....we have to....Trust 

Things in life sometimes.....most of the time, seem to be careening out of our control.  Like riding on a Rollercoaster.  We feel there is nothing we can do but hang on, ride it out and close our eyes through the worst of it. 

But that Rollercoaster car is attached to tracks and we trust that we will reach the end of the ride.

As crazy and wild this ride of life is...our faith in God holds us to the track. 

When we put our trust in God He will hold us securely through all the crazy twists and turns life brings, the dark tunnels, even when things go upside down. 

📖 When I am afriad, I put my trust in you Psalm 56:3

📖  “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33

What goes along with trust?

📖 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

    and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3:5-6

Giving up the notion that I may know best what the outcome should be.

Understanding that God has all of it, He knows the bigger picture ...He sees the whole ride.

I have to surrender my agenda, the way I think things should go. 

He will be with us through every moment 

📖 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20

We keep in conversation with Him. 

📖   Lord, you are the God who saves me;
    day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you;
    turn your ear to my cry.  Psalm 88:1-2

Not just when we are careening through an upending loop and a dark tunnel, but always

📖  pray continually,  1 Thessalonians 5:13

Remember remain seated and keep your hands inside the car.

This is for our own safety. Everything you will need to get through the ride is inside that car. Trying to find something outside of it is dangerous and can cause harm. 

📖  Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:4-5

Trying to find solace in things that seem better or false things that you think could save you will actually, in the end bring you harm.

📖 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:8-9 

There are others around you going through the same thing. You can reach out to them.

🙏🏼I pray that if you feel life is a Rollercoaster right now, that things slow down, to the speed of a kiddie ride. ♥️

📖  He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”  Matthew 8:26-27

 Trust in Him...He has got this!