Monday,
October 25, 2021
Praise the Lord! For he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and
shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:6-7
I have just informed my church that this
conference year will be my last. It’s
the strangest thing to be going through a most difficult time, a time when I
have not received any definitive answers about my health, and about what might
be ahead. Other than continuing to write,
and….just continuing to breathe…I have few answers or a grand plan. The future doesn’t look bleak…just unclear,
unknown, and that (for most people…including yours truly…is unnerving at best).
And yet, there is this sense of abiding joy. I know the source of this settled, unwavering
trust; throughout the last forty years of ministry the tough times and glad
times have been filled with it! My
family has never enjoyed an abundance of material riches, but our needs have always
been supplied. There have been numerous
glitches to health and financial plans.
Not every attempt to serve was an overwhelming success. And yet, the joy.
For me the consistent factor in all of life’s
joys, sorrows, gladness, and confusion, has been the echoing answer of God’s
mercy. And whenever I fully-rest in that
mercy, God has always taught me to trust…and, whatever the outcome (from a
human perspective)…it always ends up the same way…praise, joy,
and the song of thanksgiving. I wind-up giving God the glory for His glorious
condescension; the great God of the universe taking time to hear me and care
for me.
For You Today
What unnerves you? Is
it financial pitfalls? Is it
relationship gone sour? Is it job
security vanishing into thin air? Is it any
other of a thousand things that can go wrong?
If the future is unclear, take a look into the past, and see
where God has been watching over you, calling to you, wanting nothing from you,
except everything. In Christ, God gave
you everything, and His investment is still certain. His love is still there. His unfailing goodness and mercy still track
your days. Spend some time there today
and see if your heart doesn’t burst with joy.
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road; have a blessed day!
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Pixabay.com Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
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