I have to admit, I've struggled lately. We are living in a holding pattern with the house contract. And at the same time overwhelmed with all the details of retirement, selling the house, what to pack, what not to pack, when to have a yard sale, moving out of state, when do we get a place to rent.....Add all this to an already busy life....crazy at work, crazy at my volunteer "job," and part of me feels as if I am drowning. As I lay in bed this morning, I thought to myself (actually I think I told it to one of my cats lol), "if I don't get out of bed, the day doesn't have to begin." I just wanted a few more minutes before jumping into the fray of life.
But the more the chaos swirls around the more I realize that God is on my side. I've seen Him work out detail after detail after detail. He's given me energy and stamina (even if it's only to put one foot in front of the other at times). Things aren't lining up as fast as I would like, but I am learning to trust His timing. I just heard one of the deejays on the radio station I listen to talk about how we only learn the stuff we need to do life in the hard times. It's going through the storms that teach us to rely on God, to stay close to Him and follow in His footsteps. I have to say this is becoming more and more real to me as we take this bumpy journey to the next state of our life.
Are there struggles in your life right now? (Dumb question, right?) Drawer closer to our Savior. Can't see His hand? Trust anyway. Choose to believe because He has promised to never leave nor forsake us. Sometimes our "God visits" are the Lord sticking with us and getting us through each moment of the crazy, confusing, exhausting days we face. Sometimes it's just laying our head down at night, knowing He never left our side and we were carried through the day step by step.
We went to see Esther at Sight and Sound Theater in Pennsylvania last week. Do you know that Esther is the only book of the Bible that doesn't specifically mention God? But throughout the book and throughout the play His hand is so clear, His care front and center of every detail. And so it is with us. We may not know what's happening, God may seem like He isn't there, but He is. Working out the details and the broad picture. The one line that kept being repeated through the play was "Be still and know." And that is our instruction too. I know it was God's instruction to me in this season of my life.
I'm so grateful for this time in my life, hard as it is. I have learned more about trusting God then I've learned in a long time. What a wonderful Father we have!
Lord, as always, thank You is not enough. I am so glad You are with me, so glad I can rely on You. I know, "You've got this." I pray for each one reading this Lord, that they will know You are with them, working all things our for their good. Increase our faith. Help us to overcome doubt and fear with trust and belief. You are good and You do only good. All things serve You. What a mighty God we serve! Amen!!
Be still and know that I am God. I will be honored by ever nation. I will be honored throughout the world. Psalm 46:10
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