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For this week, I'll include a Promises of God devotional submitted today for publication. It covers a recent experience in my life. I hope this practical, faith-building article is an encouragement!
I just wanted to call my parents. I pulled into an empty
parking lot, anticipating a good, “private” cry while pouring out
my frustrations and heart battles. They would understand; they always do. They would both offer just the right words of wisdom after listening thoughtfully.
Mom and Dad would help steady my feet and invigorate my failing strength.
Before dialing to make the call, my gaze lifted to breezy treetops. A very gloomy grey sky filled the backdrop,
offering no joy in and of itself. A thought entered my mind. There was something specific I hadn’t thought of until just then that I could go home
and do with my kids, not for their sake, but for mine. But I’d rather just
sit here and weep, Lord. Sometimes a girl needs a good cry and
encouragement from the two people who know her best. But there are also times
she needs to put her big girl pants on and take courage in her Savior’s eternal
promises.
The KJV says it well: “I had fainted, unless I had believed
to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm 27:13) The goodness of the
Lord was, in fact, present in my life, as torn up as I felt that day in the
isolated parking lot. My Savior’s goodness nudged me to arise and do something
he had called me as a believer to take part in. Rather than putting it off for
another time, I went to go do it, not to bury my hurt and despair, but with his
power and grace to adjust my focus on the bigger picture of why He put me here
in this world. His promises had not failed in my life
leading up to my troubled drive. Like the bright and beautiful blue sky
cleverly hidden behind those overcast skies, my spiritual eyes had lost sight
of the many promises of God within reach that day. My belief in the Lord’s
goodness was not forced when I drove away, but instead, revived almost as
though I’d completed that comforting phone call.
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