Amos 4-6

"I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me."

"I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

"Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me, " declares the LORD.

These verses are a reminder that our God is a sovereign God. Nothing that happens in our lives is an accident. Everything happens in order that we may learn to trust him with our lives. And when we stray from him, he brings circumstances in our lives that causes us to return to himself.

But most times, in my stubbornness, I do not return to him...

Thank God that he never lets us go! It is truly better to live a day in his presence than to live a thousand else where.

Let us always return to God. Every moment of each day, may we always be reminded of our loving Father who wants to bless us.

"For I know that plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jermiah 19:11

Praise God:)