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And now what…..

Life sometimes gets in the way. Recently in my life there were decisions made that will change my future, change my hopes and change my direction. I have to take each day as it comes for the moment until Im at a place to make one or two decisions for myself that will be comfortable to live with.

Things seem to happen fast in my life. One minute Im standing, then I find myself flat on my back..just like that. Once over, I would have been devastated and out of action for a considerable time due to the pains and pressures. With the passing of the years and the embracing of a trust and faith in God and his word, Ive been able to withstand what comes in a more balanced way. It still isnt easy, at times I find myself feeling anger towards God for allowing situations and loss and hardship. That passes in due course and I can remind myself that a Christians path is going to be a hard one. Jesus suffered for all of us, he saw the brutal reality of a Godless world and the pain of torture and death was visited upon himself. Jesus experienced life as a Spirit creature with God in the heavens and then took on the earthly flesh to understand us.

We were never promised an easy passage through life. Neither were we promised peace and blessings materially or emotionally. What we have is a helper in the Holy Spirit, the knowledge that God loves us and the ability to talk with him through the mediatorship of Jesus Christ.

For Those of us who serve God, we still lose loved ones through death or differences and sometimes that loss or rejection is hard to bear. However, even in suffering and adversity, God has a way of helping us to bear up, to continue on and find his strength in our own weaknesses. I know that this life is as hard as it ever will be, and that my personal walk with God is littered with loss and tests and hardships. God doesnt cause it, he permits it simply because there is no other way to measure faith except through trials. I dont like the trials and do not rejoice in the pain or suffering. Yet the building of patience, of long suffering and of reliance on God in the absolute losses come from the adversity of life.

I will miss what I thought I had. I will miss the direction I hoped to take, I will hurt for a while. Yet……………. If my God saw fit to allow this situation, I can only assume his strength and blessing and love will allow me to continue on and that in due course, another direction will be apparent and on we go. Even if my situation never changes, I still have the privelege of serving him and being his son.

Thats more than we can ask for.