these are the promises of God.

"the Lord has appeared of old to me, saying
yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love." -jeremiah31:3

"refrain your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord...
there is hope in your future." -jeremiah 31:16-17

"for I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul." -jeremiah31:25

"...I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." -jeremiah31:33

"...therefore my heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord." -jeremiah31:20

"He gives power to the weak
and to those who have no might He increases strength
even the youths shall faint
and the young men shall utterly fall
but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength
they shall mount up with wings like eagles
they shall run and not be weary
they shall walk and not faint."
- isaiah40:29-31

"Fear not, for I am with you
be not dismayed, for I am your God
I will strengthen you, yes I will help you
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
- isaiah41:10

"for I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
saying to you, 'fear not, I will help you.'"
- isaiah41:13

"and the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before." -Job42:10

praise to God

"behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. there is nothing too hard for You." -jeremiah32:17

"You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings." -jeremiah32:19

"my soul still remembers
and sinks within me.
this i recall to my mind,
therefore i have hope.
through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed
because His compassions fail not.
they are new every morning
great is Your faithfulness
'The Lord is my portion', says my soul
'therefore i hope in Him!'" -lamentations3:20-24

"i know that You can do everything,
and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You...
therefore i have uttered what i did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which i did not know...
i have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees You,
therefore i abhor myself
and repent in dust and ashes."
- job42:2-7

"let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
'Fear God and keep His commandments,
for this is man's all.'"
- Ecclesiastes 12:13

once the gift i wanted, now the Giver own. once it was the blessing, now it is His Word. doubt is a real huge part of life. it comes when things dont go the way you want it to, and sometimes it hits you hard. and you ask God why, and you search the scriptures looking for something to justify why God should give you what you want. and you never find answers, till you stop and listen (p mitch taught me a real cool method of learning to be still. hahahaha if you dont know, come ask me). when my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than i (psalm61). and when negative thoughts come, He reaches me where i am and tells me 'be still, and know that I am God.'

how do you think Abraham felt when God told him to sacrifice isaac?
how do you think Noah felt when he was asked to build an ark?
how do you think Job felt when he lost his family, his possessions, his health, EVERYTHING, all in a day?

and yet they survived, everyone. and its all recorded in Hebrews11 (aside from Job haha). and why? because they held onto His faithfulness.

"for I know the plans that i have for you
plans to prosper you and not to harm you
plans to give you a hope and a future."
-Jeremiah29:11

my God is faithful, and i dont look back.