From The Crucible (by Pastor Linda Pugsley)

“Come here, come here…go away, go away.” Are you like that with God? When everything is falling apart, you call out for Him to be near. But when you have to buckle down and meet His standards, you don’t want Him watching you disobey and you tell Him to go away.

Sorry, pal, either way you go, He won’t leave you alone. That’s not a curse; that’s a blessing beyond measure! He loves you and will never leave you.

But seriously, folks, we all need to “tough it up”. Let God be the Teacher when we think we know it all; let Him be the Master when we start to think we are; and let Him be Lord when we think we can do things better than He would. Just humble it down a few notches and let God be God…He’s just so very good at it! Endure the fire…it's producing pure gold!

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