{"id":15828,"date":"2025-07-01T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=15828"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:35:04","slug":"trusting-god-in-all-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/15828\/trusting-god-in-all-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusting God in all things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Morning Pastor John!<\/span><\/p>\n

As a few are aware, we lost a pregnancy recently.\u00a0\u00a0Just shy of a week of what we thought would be officially announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

For several weeks, things had been touch and go. Hurry up and wait and wait again.\u00a0\u00a0Over time it took a toll on me.\u00a0\u00a0I tried to stay optimistic by ignoring feelings, in what I know now were the Spirit letting me know this wasn’t working out.\u00a0\u00a0I started to feel beat down, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually. Alex\u2019s take on how I was doing was that I was here, but I wasn\u2019t here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex and I were talking shortly after.\u00a0\u00a0I didn’t want this to take me to a dark place.\u00a0\u00a0I knew the Margo of years ago would have dug a trench Jesus would have had to rescue me from.\u00a0\u00a0I said, \u201cYou know, I’ve been through some things in this life that most people without the holy Ghost would never recover from.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0But Jesus has done the impossible in every situation.\u00a0\u00a0Why would this be any different?\u00a0\u00a0We started giggling and realized most worldly people would think we are crazy.\u00a0\u00a0Why aren’t we angry or pounding the floor in grief?\u00a0\u00a0How could our God do this to us?\u00a0\u00a0And don\u2019t get me wrong; this has been an emotional roller coaster and painful.\u00a0\u00a0I still have those crying moments.\u00a0\u00a0BUT Jesus is the lifter up of our heads.\u00a0\u00a0It’s okay to feel sad, but I can’t stay there.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus has been too good for him to have to come dig me out again.\u00a0\u00a0I would have been a mess without knowing through this that God designs all things for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex said to me recently, \u201cWelcome back; I missed you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Or something to that effect.\u00a0\u00a0Soon after that, I started hearing thoughts like, \u201cWhat are you chasing after?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0I had been so distracted with the \u201cwant\u201d of a baby and other things, I was completely missing everything in front of me.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus gave me a wonderful job.\u00a0\u00a0We have two beautiful children that are growing quickly.\u00a0\u00a0And I have a wonderful husband.\u00a0\u00a0Life was just passing me by.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, this weekend we planned a little day trip, something we knew would be easy for my physically and not too far from home.\u00a0\u00a0We had the best time.\u00a0\u00a0At the very end, we got caught in a heavy rain storm.\u00a0\u00a0Many people were running up the hill because they didn’t want to get wetter.\u00a0\u00a0About half way up, I had the thought, \u201cWhy are you in a hurry?\u00a0\u00a0Regardless if you rush or not, you are still going to be soaking wet?\u00a0\u00a0Those other people are still going to be soaking wet.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The destination was the same, and I had a choice as to whether I was going to enjoy where I was or be in a hurry.\u00a0\u00a0All I could do was look up, start laughing, and enjoy the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we got home, I told Alex that for the first time, I didn’t think.\u00a0\u00a0I didn’t worry about what needed to be done or what our next move was.\u00a0\u00a0It was simply enjoying the time Jesus gave us.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have no clue what Jesus has in store next for us.\u00a0\u00a0Whether that\u2019s an addition or something else.\u00a0\u00a0But I know it’s the perfect plan, and I don’t have to be in a hurry to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love you, and I’m so thankful for our family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Margo<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Margo,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a wonderful testimony.\u00a0\u00a0Trusting God to be in control of all things for our good, even when things are not going as we hoped or as we would like, is the only way to escape \u201cthe root of bitterness\u201d (Heb. 12:15).\u00a0\u00a0Disappointment is a great test of the heart, and many fail it.\u00a0\u00a0It is a blessing for me to hear that you are overcoming the flesh\u2019s addiction to self-will and are resting in faith in the peace of Jesus.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Not many recognize it as such, but the bitterness that creeps in when disappointments come is actually a form of self-will.\u00a0\u00a0It often happens that people refuse to be happy because they are not getting what they want.\u00a0\u00a0I love the apostle Paul\u2019s faith, who said, \u201cI have learned to be content in whatever state I am.\u00a0\u00a0I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.\u00a0\u00a0Everywhere and in all circumstances, I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.\u00a0\u00a0I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me\u201d (Phip. 4:11b-13).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul didn\u2019t desire to be hated or beaten as he was on several occasions.\u00a0\u00a0No sane person would want that, as he testified, he had learned the secret of true happiness!\u00a0\u00a0And that secret was to rest in the promises of God.\u00a0\u00a0As Paul told the Romans, \u201cI consider the sufferings of this present time to be unworthy of comparison with the glory that shall be revealed to us\u201d (Rom. 8:18).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We can feel that way, too, and I am glad you are feeling that way and testifying to what God will do for our hearts if we put our trust in Him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for this precious testimony!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Good Morning Pastor John! As a few are aware, we lost a pregnancy recently.\u00a0\u00a0Just shy of a week of what we thought would be officially announced. For several weeks, things had been touch and go. Hurry up and wait and wait again.\u00a0\u00a0Over time it took a toll on me.\u00a0\u00a0I tried to stay optimistic by ignoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15829,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15828\/revisions\/15829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}