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         (Dad:) Sometimes the hardest part of learning and growing into what the Lord wants to make us is just taking things by faith--accepting them, flowing with them, obeying by faith, and hanging on when we don't see things so clearly. Sometimes that's the biggest fight, the biggest struggle. Because if we could see things more clearly and see the Lord's long-term plan, it would make things a lot easier. Our trials would seem pretty small in comparison, and everything would suddenly be more worth it because you could see the overall and how it's going to turn out in the end.
         So sometimes that's the biggest test--just yielding and accepting, obeying, forsaking, moving forward where the Lord points, even when you don't understand, when you don't see it, when it really hurts and you don't know all the reasons why. That's the greatest test, the greatest victory, and that's what the Lord is really pleased with.



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