The accident has definitely made me slow down a lot and take things very slow. I have realized even more how things in your life can change in an instant. We go along living our lives, expecting things to stay the same and than... BAM! Something major or even something minor can happen and change our circumstances. It can be good or bad as well. Life is not always easy or even good. It can be painful and we get hurt. We lose things, people; we have setbacks, we get ill, we hurt and we cry and we wonder how a good God can allow things to happen like they do. We see world disasters and people killing others they love. We read about war and starvation. We experience an economy that is losing ground and we wonder what next? Does God even care?
I wish so bad that I had answers. But I don't. No one does really. The only answers we can find are in the Word of God. And sometimes reading His word doesn't make sense. But I do know that He promises to never leave me or forsake me. He promises that goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. He told me He is my Shepherd and I shall not want. He has green pastures for me to lie in and rivers of living water for me to drink from. He has prepared a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. I may walk through the valley of death, but I have nothing to fear. He promises that whatever I place my hands to will prosper. He promises to be my Provider, my Healer, my Rock and my Fortress. He has gone before me to fight my battles and I must stand to see His goodness.
I have to believe and I have to trust. That is what we all must do in this walk of faith. It is not easy. It is hard, it is heartbreaking and it is dirty. It can be exhausting and so overwhelming. BUT GOD is in the midst of my mess and He will come through for me and my family. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. God has a future and a hope. He has a plan that is great and life giving. A plan that will rock my world in such a way that I will be able to look back and say, "Thank You God."
We do have an enemy that is out to not only knock us down, but keep us there. The awesome thing is, we don't have to stay down. God is reaching out His righteous right hand and pulling us up to stand upon Him and His word. He has our back. He has gone before us and is making a way where there seems to be no way.
Maybe your life is good and you don't need to know any of this. But I know there are others out there who have been knocked down in some way or another and you are needing some hope and encouragement. I am here today to tell you, "You can make it! God IS for you and His way is perfect. Let Him have it all. He'll do a much better job than you ever could."
God is our ever present help in times of need. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Let Him carry the load.
