We all have doubts and unfulfilled longings, but Janet Oquin points us back to the gospel.

The cross is a wonderful reminder that he can be trusted.

When you're in pain and you're thinking, I don't know if he's good, I literally will get

on my knees and say to the Lord, I have to hang out at the cross for a while right now.

Because nothing in my life is communicating that you care.

But when I look at the cross, I can come to no other conclusion.

There's no reason for the cross if you don't love me.

You didn't have to do that.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Swalgamuth, author of Surrender for July 26, 2018.

You know, all of us can relate to the tension that we feel between the longings of our souls and reality.

So we experience desires and sometimes good desires, and yet in God's providence, for whatever reason,

the Lord chooses to withhold those things from us.

And then if instead of trusting his wisdom, we become demanding that God fulfills our expectations, well, it can get really messy. Yesterday, we heard as Janet O'Kwin

addressed this topic of unfulfilled longings, especially in the area of our relationships.

Janet is married to Pastor Brent O'quin, and she serves as the

director of women's ministries in their church. They have two children, and they live in Lafayette, Indiana.

Janet gave this message to a group of women at the Life Action Camp, which is a sister ministry,

to revive our hearts. Janet says that unfulfilled longings can be used by God in some amazing ways.

So we're going to continue where we left off yesterday, and here's Janet O'Quin, speaking to a group of

women and reminding us that unfulfilled longings can be used by God in some amazing ways.

Adam and Eve, it says, before sin,

walked with God in the cool of the garden.

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