This morning, I loved the words of Hannah Whitall Smith: “We must believe that divine guidance is promised to us, and our faith must therefore confidently look for and expect it. Settle this point first: Divine guidance has been promised, and if you seek it, you are sure to receive it. Next you must remember that our God has all knowledge and all wisdom, and that therefore it is very possible He may guide you into paths wherein He knows great blessings are awaiting you, but which, to the short-sighted human eyes around you, seem sure to result in confusion and loss. . .”
I like such a confident expectation that God is guiding and knows exactly what He’s doing—even when nothing looks or feels right to us. I think about His gentle, daily care for us that will result in more and more fellowship with Him. As I tend my gardenia and remove dying leaves, check the moisture, and mist it morning and night, I think of God as the gardener over our lives. Every morning, the new blooms that seemed impossible for me for so many years are indeed now coming. I would have been happy with one bloom. Now I have so many that the house smells of gardenia when I enter it.
I love how Easter reminds us that God is alive in us and working around us.
