Welcome to another month of Bette's Box of Blessings. I am so thankful that we get to walk through life together. The Bible tells us that the Christian walk is not meant to be done alone. And Bette’s Box of Blessings is here to help you in your Christian walk.
Walking with other Christians is especially important when we face difficult times. And we all face difficult times. In fact, in some difficult times we start questioning if God really cares. “If He loves me, why is He letting me go through this?” If we’re really honest, we start questioning if God is even with us.
That’s why this month’s Box of Blessings theme verse is actually a passage from the Old Testament where the Israelites were struggling with some of the same questions. And the Holy Spirit gave them wisdom (2 Chronicles 15:1-4 NIV):
The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.”
God doesn’t hide from us. He made it even easier for us to know Him by sending His Son to take away our sin, which is what separates us from Him. And then, to draw us even closer, He gave us the Holy Spirit to guide us through the difficult times.
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