Who Do You Say That I Am ?

I have experienced probably one of the most devastating periods of my life in the past couple of years mentally, physically and spiritually. This "Job" experience has taught me many lessons, none the least of which has been the knowledge that through it all, I have learned to trust in Jesus. In former years, I though I was trusting Him fully with my whole heart and life, but as I have learned, not fully and not with the whole. There was too much ego and pride attached to my very small accomplishments and too much reliance on my own strength. Nothing is ever as clean as a vehicle that has been properly stripped and cleaned prior to painting, and so goes it when a man loses it all, even his pride. But at no other time is there an opportunity for Father to build up a man in the image of Christ properly and in the correct frame of mind. I think of the story of Jesus