Comments on: God Didn’t Fulfill My Dream

By: beth

beth — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:45:31 +0000

i bet. they look pretty gross.
i still like my coffee (or tea) and soymilk.

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:14:47 +0000

Beth, I have had a mint chocolate frapachino – a couple weeks ago. Made me kind of sick.

By: beth

beth — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:40:58 +0000

dad. you’ve never had a mint whatever frappachino…

good tho, thank you for this

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:36:27 +0000

Lisa, Jeremiah 32:41 is one of my favorite verses. Impatience…I can certainly relate. God has a perfect timing for his plans for you. It’s just so hard to wait sometimes, but he will make it clear.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:05:54 +0000

Thank you for these great words of encouragement. The promise of God’s wisdom in James has been a great comfort. I also have been continuously reminded of the fact that he rejoices in doing us good with all his heart and soul (Jeremiah 32:41). Now THAT is good news! I just have to hold on to it minute by minute — and beat down my impatience and pride.

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:01:38 +0000

I’m glad the Lord would encourage you Emily.

Thanks for your comment Rachel! I too am glad that God fulfills his desires for our lives.

Lisa, it’s hard to discern God’s will at times. Acts 16.7 says, “And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.” Paul was trying to serve the Lord by going into Bithynia, but the door was closed.

I do know this though. In James the Lord promises that if we ask for wisdom he will give it to us. In Psalm 32.8 the Lord promises, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”

God promises to instruct you and guide you in the way you should go. He desires you to serve him more than you do, so he will make sure to make his will known to you.

At these times, the Lord would just have us continue to seek him and trust that he will guide us. He will make his way known to you Lisa.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:50:53 +0000

Mark, I have been pursuing a dream during the past year and a half to serve God overseas. At first the doors seemed to fly open, but now the path as grown stone cold. How did you discern the direction to take when your dreams seemed to die or take new directions?

By: Rachel Dulaney

Rachel Dulaney — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:17:03 +0000

How sweet! I love to see how God orchestrates the lives of His children (and others, for that matter!) with such beautiful precision and delicacy. It is an encouragement to know that whatever I can imagine for myself, God is not only imagining, but actually making His dreams and desires for my life come true!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:46:53 +0000

thanks. that is so encouraging.