Rough Paths
By Ginger Solomon
Have you ever gone through something in your life where it seemed
like every time you took a step, you tripped and fell? Nothing seemed to go
right, no matter how hard you tried.
I have.
First, it’s depressing because you feel like God has abandoned
you. Second, you just want to give up. Why fight when you only ever lose?
But I’m here to tell you, keep fighting. Don’t give up. God’s got
your back. He will help you along. When you stumble, He is there to pick you
up.
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the LORD. ‘They are
plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” (NLT)
But do we use the Word as our light? Do we trust Him to guide our feet?
I know for me that during those times of rough paths, I
have strayed from what God has told me to do. I’m NOT saying you have.
Sometimes those rough places come because of others’ actions and not our own. I
know people who have had some seriously
rough paths to walk through no fault of their own. BUT GOD was always there,
guiding, protecting, and providing peace.
In my recent novella, Learning
from Experience, one of my secondary characters shares this with my hero: God has a way of making even the roughest
paths lead to good things. It’s a variation of the verse in Romans that
says, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for
good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (8:28, ESV)
It’s hard, though. I know that. Oh, how I know it. It’s
hard to trust that the dark place you’re in right now will be nothing but a
distant memory in the future. It’s hard to trust that anything good can
possibly come from it. BUT GOD promises that something good will come from
where you are IF you love Him, and He never goes back on His promises.
If you’ve been on a rough path and came out on the other
side into the good, please share your encouragement for those in that place
right now. One commenter will receive a PDF copy of my novella, Learning from Experience (featured in
the boxed set Falling for You).
MEET GINGER SOLOMON
Ginger Solomon is a Christian, a wife, a mother to seven, and a
writer—in that order (mostly). She writes or reads inspirational romance of any
genre, and if she’s busy homeschooling, doing laundry, or fixing dinner, it’s
on her mind. She’s a member of American
Christian Fiction Writers, president of her local writing group, and blogs
regularly for InspyRomance.com and at gingersolomon.com. She has two
full-length novels and three novellas published. In addition she has several
manuscripts scheduled to release in 2016.
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Learning from
Experience blurb:
Lexi Ross loves the life
she’s created for herself as an art gallery manager. She enjoys promoting the
work of up-and-coming artists. When Nathan Vanderwahl, her boss and her late
friend’s older brother, steps through the door of her gallery, his appearance
resurrects feelings she’s buried so deep, she’s almost forgotten, and turns her
world upside-down.
Because of his father’s
death-bed request, Nathan shoves his reservations to the side and visits Lexi.
When she asks him to leave her alone, he promises he will, if she’ll go see his
father. Even if it breaks his heart to do it.
An old man and his will
change everything for them. Can they learn from his experience or will they
hold on to the hurts of the past and walk away from a promising future?
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