But just like everything else in life, a new season requires change. This week I have been reminded how quickly life can change. Literally, overnight, we can wake up to a life that looks totally different. It can be overwhelming at times. We can get thrown off balance by the sudden shift in our lives.
Last night at my weekly Bible Study, we talked about how change is not always easy for us. All of my girls are in the very middle of their school semester. They all have had midterms and other tests the last few weeks. They are looking at their grades, adjusting their schedules and working hard to reach the desired goal for their classes. It brings about stress. Good or bad, the change causes them to readjust and shift. The stress placed on our students is overwhelming sometimes.
I have a friend who ended up in the emergency room with her husband. He had chest pains and just like that they were in a hospital running tests, placing stents and learning about medicines. Another friend is heartbroken over one of her children and the consequences imposed by his actions. Another friend is desperately trying to salvage a marriage that is crumbling around her. Another friend is bringing her husband home from an alcohol rehab center. Another friend is watching her beautiful daughter live out consequences that came from others but still must be walked through. And yet another friend is offering to adopt a child from a young teenage mother so that she will not choose abortion.
Life is difficult and hard. It threatens to engulf us in heartache and sadness sometimes. There are weeks when we feel like we are surrounded by death and sickness and darkness. But, we have Hope. Our Hope came to overcome the world. Their is always voices and choices that are competing for our attention. But we can choose which one to listen to. Just look up. Turn your eyes toward Jesus. He is our portion and our prize. He is our ever present help in times of trouble. He is our healer and our provider.
If life is rolling in around you like the wind blowing in the cold front this morning, then make the choice to bundle up with Truth today. Let God reach down and lift your chin towards Him. Allow Him to bless you. To keep you. To make His face to shine upon you. To be gracious to you. Let Him lift up His countenance upon you and give you Peace.
My prayer for you today is this: "May the Lord bless you with Peace. May He cover you with gladness. May He remind you that He goes before you and that He is your rear guard. May He surround you with favor and with strength. May His love be evident to you. May everywhere you look and turn today be a reminder that even though you feel unsteady you serve a God whose Kingdom is unshakeable. May you know that you are loved and cared for and appreciated and called by name. May you feel the overwhelming power of a God that will never leave you and never forsake you. May you remember that there is nothing that can separate you from His love."
Be blessed, my friends.
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