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Can you not see the forest \u00a0for the trees? \u00a0It’s and old saying that holds much truth. \u00a0We often are so focused on the details of life that we fail to see the big picture. \u00a0I had an experience yesterday that helped me refocus on the forest, the big picture. \u00a0I had four phone conversation all unrelated except in one way, they were all God directed. \u00a0 It does matter who the conversations were with, but since they were private, I will not reveal that information, but in each call God revealed himself in a unique way. \u00a0One was with a friend that needed encouragement, one with a friend that was struggling though a tough patch of life, another with a friend that was filled with joy and insight into spiritual things, and one with a friend that appreciated my concern for him and his wife. \u00a0All of them directed my focus back to God.<\/p>\n
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God offers us provision, grace, acceptance, love, meaning for our lives, and most of all, forgiveness! \u00a0If we give Him our lives, if we let go and trust Him, He will provide our every need, and will allow nothing to ever happen to us that is not for our good. \u00a0Even the bad circumstances of life that drive us closer to Him are for our benefit!<\/p>\n
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God moved me to make those four calls, and I benefited greatly, and He saw to it that the four people I talked to benefited as well! \u00a0That is God’s way, the perfect way, the complete way.<\/p>\n
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If you focus on Him you will see both the trees and the forest.<\/p>\n
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Blessings,<\/p>\n
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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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