April Newsletter, 2026
Over the years I have used and worn-out several Bibles. I’ve kept them all and occasionally go back and check various verses that have been highlighted and noted with personal references in the margins. All of them, without exception, have Proverbs 3:5-6 marked. In fact, I’ve joked that if I ever get a tattoo, it will be these verses, but to date I have not gotten any ink! If I did, that would be on my skin. Life verses in my case number about a dozen and I find that they rotate in my brain and heart depending on my circumstances. And each time they come to the top of the rotation, like spokes on a wheel, they speak directly to my life.
“Trust” is perhaps our most valuable possession. Amy Rees Anderson said, “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” The word, “trust”, is used almost two hundred times in Scripture, including trusted and trusting, frequently highlighting reliance on God over human strength. Yet we stumble and fret over life’s situations wondering who we should trust? King David wrote, “Some trust in chariots, some in horses…but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.” Psalm 20:7. Guilty as charged, as I remember the times when, “chariots” and “horses” have won me over. It is so tempting to rely on our senses and put our trust in the wrong thing or person. Remember what King Solomon said? “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6.
Will you line up with me and say, “But I want to lean on my OWN understanding!” And, that’s the rub we all experience, isn’t it… my way or God’s way?
That “rub” is illustrated perfectly when Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane and wrestled with His Father about His future and concluded by saying, “Nevertheless not my will but thine be done.” Luke 22:42. His profound statement of submission and trust signifies prioritizing divine purpose over human desires especially in times of suffering or uncertainty. Corrie Ten Boom said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God!” And never be afraid to go back to your old Bible life verses and review the most valuable possession you have…trust. Join me and commit to the Lord that you will trust HIM and not succumb to the temptation of relying on your own understanding, inclinations, preferences, tendencies…or ways. And thank HIM now that HE will direct your paths. You can trust HIM! As they say on the street, “You can take that to the bank!”
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