{"id":11054,"date":"2019-09-27T05:43:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T10:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11054"},"modified":"2019-09-27T05:43:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T10:43:39","slug":"when-mountains-dont-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11054","title":{"rendered":"When Mountains Don’t Move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I know mountains. I\u2019ve gazed at their beauty from a distance. I\u2019ve skied down them. I\u2019ve driven the winding roads to the top of them and embraced the beauty from the top looking down. And I know MOUNTAINS — those vast, enormous obstacles and circumstances that seem beyond overwhelming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We think that if only these mountains were removed, our lives might be more peaceful. But, there must be mountains to appreciate the valleys. And perhaps, God, in all His wisdom, is wanting us to scale those mountains. He is wanting us to hike up those mountains for a \u201cmountain-top experience\u201d where we are refreshed, restored, nourished, and where we receive divine revelation. His revelation is always intended to grow our faith, strengthen our resolve, and equip us to take on any mountain that may be standing in our way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sang along as my car radio played Lauren Daigle’s \u201cI Will Trust in You\u201d song. I meant the words as I belted them out with her:
\n\u201cWhen You don’t move the mountains I’m needing You to move; When You don’t part the waters I wish I could walk through;;
\nWhen You don’t give the answers as I cry out to You;
\nI will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s difficult to trust someone when they\u2019ve let us down by mistakes they made and we wonder if we can ever trust them again. Oh, but not so with our God. He is dependable, true, honest, unwavering, loving and faithful in all His ways. So when our mountains aren\u2019t moving, we can do but one thing \u2013 trust in He Who knows best. Father knows best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I speak from firsthand experience\u2026..again. Through the heartaches, amazingly, I experienced more of God\u2019s love. It\u2019s unlike anything the world can offer. Sure, I\u2019ve cried and even had some wailing times, but God extended strength, peace, and joy during the difficult times. Only God, the Creator of all good things, could have carried me through those times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you ever stop to consider God\u2019s point of view when you\u2019re going through a hard time? He\u2019s a good, loving Father. He could have changed circumstances with a snap of his holy fingers, but He decided on the slow \u2013 let her “trust in Me” grow-times. I can see clearly now. He wanted me to share my story with others who have experienced pain, loss and disappointment. Maybe He saw how it all would strengthen my faith and the faith of others. Maybe He saw how He would be glorified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, maybe, God intervenes more than I realize, maybe, more than we all realize, and maybe God might have prohibited a situation from happening that would have been even more difficult. I sure don\u2019t know it all, but I do know I just need to trust my good, loving Father. Whether it seems big or small, God cares and desires to reveal His love for you. Let\u2019s trust God, even when our plans don\u2019t seem to align with His.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know mountains. I\u2019ve gazed at their beauty from a distance. I\u2019ve skied down them. I\u2019ve driven the winding roads to the top of them and embraced the beauty from the top looking down. And I know MOUNTAINS — those vast, enormous obstacles and circumstances that seem beyond overwhelming. We think that if only these…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14920,14918,14919],"tags":[1210,13213,4354,14916,2192,8004,12742,14913,12296,14922,44,2363,545,1493],"class_list":["post-11054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-god-moves-mountains","category-mountain","category-trust-in-you","tag-blog","tag-difficult-times","tag-experience","tag-i-will-trust-in-you","tag-lauren-daigle","tag-loving-father","tag-mountain-top","tag-mountains","tag-move","tag-only-god","tag-peace","tag-strength","tag-trust","tag-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11058,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11054\/revisions\/11058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}