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OUR DAILY BREAD                        Friday, July 29, 1994
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READ: Psalms 31:9-24

                    "LEARNING TO TRUST"

         Oh how great is your goodness which You . . .
           have prepared for those who trust in You.

                      - Psalms 31:19

Renee still believed in God's existence but for many years
she didn't trust Him.  And no wonder!  As a small child, she
had been mistreated by a cruel father.  This trauma left
such deep emotional scars that she blamed herself & felt she
didn't deserve to live.

When she became an adult, she married but couldn't believe
that her husband loved her.  Nor could she accept God's
love.  Why had He let her go through so much pain?  She
couldn't bring herself to trust Him.

Some victims of child abuse try to find an escape in drugs,
alcohol, and immoral conduct.  But Renee chose a different
course.  "Finally, I surrendered to a God I didn't even
trust," she wrote.  "My foundation was crumbling so fast
that I held on to the only shred of hope I could find --
God!"  He responded by making the bible come alive to her.
Christian friends came into her life, one of whom was a pas-
tor who cried with her & counseled her.  Since that time
much healing has occurred.  She says she has learned that
although God does not always keep her from being hurt, He is
always there to see her through.

We can learn to trust God.  When we do, we discover that God
can be trusted.  It all begins with surrender.

Author:  Herbert Vander Lugt

        Trust Him when dark doubts assail you,
        Trust Him when your strength is small;
        Trust Him when to simply trust Him,
        Seems the hardest thing of all.

                                      - Bennett

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Belief in God's Word plus surrender to God's will
   equals trust in God's goodness.

The Bible in One Year:  Micah 1-4


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