Why highs and lows?

Do I have to have valleys to have mountains? ABSOLUTELY! The Lord has made it clear to us that the lows are what gets us the closest to Jesus. It's easy to praise Him when life is going "our" way, but what about when it's not? Do we believe He is still in control? Do we believe that grace is sufficient? The perfect gift He gave us with salvation can not be measured by highs and lows, it's not an emotion. If we believe Him when He says that I am there with you, then is He still there when we aren't getting our "own" way. Of course He is and this valley is only going to make you stronger. Remember this is what faith is, believing at all times.

Max Lucado used a scenario of a plane full of passengers. When they ran into bad weather and the plane began to lose engines, the pilot left the cockpit to inform the passengers that they would all have to jump, but he had parachutes for all of them. Each passenger as the pilot gave them a parachute and instructed them to jump, had one more request, from wanting a different parachute to having reassurance that all was going to be okay. He says we are all like this at times. We are so thankful for God giving us the perfect gift, but maybe He could help us with this one thing. What if He never did? What if God said grace is all you get? Is it enough? There will be times that God says no and we must have faith that God's grace is sufficient.

Read Ephesians 2:1-10

I am guilty of not remembering that it is only by His grace that I am saved and all else He will take care of. I pray that we all remember this daily.