He Will Not Disappoint

It was 60 degrees at the ski slope! The snow was mushy and soft, which made for some challenging ruts but I loved it. As I rode in the silence on the chairlift while the sun warmed my face, I thought again how blessed my life is. I had my car filled with five teens with me this time, and thirty other homeschoolers for the weekly trips I organize. I passed all of them at one time or another. While I certainly don't do this for any personal accolade, only one family out of that large group found me afterwards to thank me for my work in organizing the trips.

I saw a post by a facebook friend who does tireless work in dog rescue. She was ready to give up, not from the heartbreak of dog rescue but from the backbiting, insincere, thankless, and faithless behavior of people. Another facebook friend, a fellow author, had his account with Amazon suspended when a disgruntled contributor to one of his books lodged a complaint. He claimed Amazon never even asked for his side, but suspended his account while still selling his books and collecting money. He has no access to the sales. He was blindsided by the contributor's complaint, but complied with her request. Nonetheless, his career is being ruined by the pettiness and short-sightedness, and perhaps downright corruption of people.

It is easy to grow discouraged if our hope is in people. It should not be. People will fail us. Some will fail us less often than others, but ultimately every human being will disappoint us. Our faith should not be in people. God alone does not forsake us. God alone will not abandon us. God alone has our best interests at heart, and not just in the temporal realm. It is in God alone that our eternity rests.

The slope was very uncrowded. I thoroughly enjoyed the peaceful solitude of my thoughts and the beauty around me as I rode the chairlift by myself. One man in front of me waited, and asked if I wanted to ride up with him.

"No thanks," I said, feeling a little bad since he was just being friendly. However, I wanted to be alone with the mountain and God. I wanted to thank Him for organizing this day.

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Psalm 94:14
14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;

Psalm 95: 7-8
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
 Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts,