Dallas County Living Well Magazine March/April 2016 | Page 15

sions, others dream dreams. For some
it seems God is ever near, for others
He seems a distant shadow. I know the
pain of dark valleys and cries met with
silence. Yet I have learned even in the
darkest, deepest valleys, He is there.
Psalm 139:7-12 reminds us, where
can I go from your Spirit? Where can
I flee from your presence? If I go up to
the heavens, you are there; if I make
my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I
settle on the far side of the sea, even
there your hand will guide me, your
right hand will hold me fast. If I say,
“Surely the darkness will hide me and
the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to
you; the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
God can always be found in His
Word. Not a single human experience exists in which the Word of God
is irrelevant. It is a living, breathing,
God-inspired document where every
answer to this life and the next can be
found. If you’ve never studied, really
studied the Bible, I encourage you to
do so. The Scripture is rich in history
as well as prophecy, full of admonishment, life instruction, encouragement,
poetry, adventure and so much more.
If you’ve had trouble diving in to His
Word, ask Jesus to open your mind to
understand the Scriptures as He did
for His disciples (Luke 24:45). It is

God’s pleasure to reveal His secrets to
His friends (Ephesians 1:9). He longs
for us to be fully enlightened by His supernatural wisdom (Ephesians 1:18).
God is not intimidated by our questions and welcomes our inquiries
as long as we seek with a pure and
humble heart. Recently, I felt my heart
hardening towards the Lord. I lifted up
my concerns to Him,