[God] himself has said: I will
never abandon you; under no circumstances will I leave you to cope on your own.
(Hebrews 13:5 USC)
Have you ever noticed how easy it
seems to give up on life; to make that key decision of action to stop going on?
I felt it yesterday several times, even amongst friends and loved ones; that
loneliness of soul that had lost all sense of hope in the seconds before it.
What a forlorn experience. What a
chastening way. To be in life, doing your thing, trying your best, only to be
berated by the still small voice of meaninglessness. That there is no impact
being made. In those moments, all is split asunder. Nothing holds. All basis
for life vanishes. Life is hard, and we don’t know why. We face it for what it
is, and no wonder we’re found inept of conscience.
But then I noticed something happen
to me; to my thinking. A kind of resurrection occurred. Being that it was my
undertaking that those present were there for, I found myself, almost beyond my
own will, be lifted by a separate will — the will of God; a power of reckoning.
Suddenly my legs operated with
purpose, and my arms moved with passion. My mind was restarted, my eyes selective,
my ears hearing a new thing.
God was reminding me of something
crucial to life. Never are we truly alone, though we might feel alone. Never
does the Lord of all life abandon us, though we may feel abandoned. These
tenets, of course, we who are Christian accept by faith. God has rectified us.
We are in a right relationship with him who gives life and grants light.
What difference does this make? All
the difference in the world. If our world can fall apart in an instant, we too
can be raised again in that same instant. Having created us, God is a gentle
landing amid what we find is a harsh life. Believe this and prosper. Failing to
believe this is unconscionable.
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