I have been struggling with writing anything lately, hence is why there has been no posts. However, I just read a message from a friend of mine from seminary and had to share it with you all. Her name is Kendra and works with many “troubled” kids. I hope you glean as much from this as I did. (And yes, I asked if I could use this and she graciously consented). So take it away Kendra!
Psalm 27: 13-14
13 Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. 14 Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.
Hebrews 12:12
12 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. 13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
There are days I need to be reminded of God’s love and grace. I need to remember that He is good even in the midst of the chaos happening all around me. I believe with all of my heart that I will and have seen the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living….in the people around me. I can take heart because of that.
I also need to be reminded that no matter how hard it is or how hard it gets I need to take a new grip with my tired hands so that others will be able to see God’s goodness and grace and follow that path of knowing Him as well. Sometimes we don’t get to pick the battles we are in and sometimes God places us in places we had no intention of being….but I have to believe that He is faithful and knows what He is doing because He is God and He loves me and He loves others as well. Today….I am tired. But….I have faith because I believe I have seen and will continue to see the goodness of the Lord while I am alive and still here. I have hope because of this. Because of that I can take a new grip with my tired hands when all I want to do is give up and walk away. But…we don’t get that option…because God has given us a task to do and so I trust He will give me the strength to do it.
I pray that I am a light that those who are around me can see God’s grace and love through. I pray that my life is an example of what God can do when He reaches down and saves us from the craziness of it all.
SO….I take a new grip with my tired hands…..because others are counting on me….and God is who He says He is. And I can find rest in that.
