so...as i recently posted, i went to las vegas and i would love to post my 'lessons learned in vegas' list but there has been something a bit more pressing i wanted to write about.
lately it seems everywhere i turn, every one is hurting. A LOT. pain is pressing on our hearts. from personal issues to those that are causing huge political drama like Syria. i cannot help feel like our world is engulfed at the moment. i can't help but relate pain to quick sand. when you fall into quicksand the worst thing you can do is squirm around and flail and such...you will sink that much faster. but if you be still, you have more time for someone to come to your rescue.
this metaphor encourages me because i know that i am never alone. so many times when i fall in quicksand i want to squirm and fight back and push through, and i would be lying if i said this never worked...sometimes it does. but without fail, if i am still and know that God is God...i will be rescued. i will be pulled out and set on dry land.
our world tells us to keep pushing and fighting and we will get through but what God says is sometimes that won't work. sometimes we just won't know what to do anymore...so just be where you are. embrace what you are feeling and trust that you will be rescued. He did pull Jonah from the belly of a fish didn't He?
Jonah 2:1-9
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