A Blessing — Wrapped in a Trial.

Spiritual blessings from God come wrapped in trials.

If we will give God thanks regardless of our feelings, God will give us joy regardless of our circumstances.

Here's the SHIFT:

- We need to bring our struggles to our Father and have faith in His abilities to handle them.
- When we're feeling down, that's when we lean into Him even more.

With this kind of Father-child relationship, we stay hopeful and ready to succeed.

Instead of getting into doubt, fear and worry ... we can have an expectation that He's going smooth out our paths, even when we can't see how. This is when He does the impossible.

My Father does this for me, because He loves me. Same reason He'll do it for you.

When I am weak, He is strong.

-Gerald