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"If I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold." Job 23:8-10

One day while printing a report for work, I noticed a blank page.  I thought the printer was malfunctioning until I looked near the bottom of the page to see, “this page intentionally left blank.”  After a sigh of relief, a different section of the report began to spout from the printer.  Another “page intentionally left blank” preceded another section of the report.  The “page intentionally left blank” served as a separator page to let the reader know that a different section was behind it.

There are points in our lives in which we say to our selves, “God, I don’t have a clue as to what you are doing.”  Sometimes we say (or think), “This is happening, that is happening, and I am not getting any guidance from You, God.  What’s going on?”  This is a point in life in which God intentionally leaves the page blank.  God sometimes remains silent in order for us to trust Him beyond our emotions. 

God wants us to trust Him when we do not "feel" His presence.  He wants us to continue to trust Him even when we "feel" He is not near.  Some are wondering, “Where are you God, do you hear me, have you left me?”  Some are at a “blank page” point.  Be encouraged that God is still near and simply wants us to trust Him because the current page in our life may be intentionally left blank.  Trust Him in the “blank  pages” of life.

"But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold." Job 23:8-10

-steve blair