Jesusluvsall's Blog

When I was a student in Minneapolis studying for ministry, one of the classes I took was Pentateuch which is the first five books in the bible. One day he showed a map of the bible lands at the time of Abraham and then put a line tracing Abraham’s journey as he followed God’s call. The line went all over the place zig zag. The professor then said, “Ladies and Gentlement, God does not always lead in a straight line.

My life has certainly been one of God not leading in a straight line. He led me to study in Minnesota and to come back to my home city when I was sick in the 1990s. I found my calling through ministry trips to Romania. My journey to the calling God placed on my life took me through valleys of sickness, transferring schools to one closer to my home city after I recovered, and through ups and many downs.

In the 1990s, Margaret Becker was a Christian artist whose music blessed me greatly. I would like to share two of her songs with you, Steps of Faith and I Will Not Lay Down.

Steps of Faith was a song that God encouraged me through valleys in life to keep following his leading in my life even though I could not see the outcome.

I Will Not Lay Down is a song that has encouraged me to not give up in difficult times. Difficult times have included financial problems, being sick and almost dying, living with four autoimmune problems, and the ups and downs of being in a ministry of reaching out to refugees and immigrants. More recently battling depression as a result of autoimmune problems the lyrics from I Will Not Lay Down speak to me more than ever.

“I’m not gonna lie about feeling fine
And knowing every thing’s okay
I just gotta believe, that His hope inside
Will lead me to a better place

With every tear that I cry
I cling to the hope that will not die
He won’t leave me here”

If we follow Jesus, our solid hope is that whatever situation is, he will not leave us there. Jesus promised that he will never forsake us. He promised in John 14:

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

Thank you for reading. God Bless.