There are moments that are full, overflowing with peace, joy and contentment. In the midst of them I have learned to free fall. I turn up the volume on my ears, eyes, and heart, capturing the details to pull from later…knowing that the tides can turn with only a few words or actions. I am not so certain why those places of fullness have to be so delicate…So fragile that they can spiral into an extreme oppositional place when difficulty comes, but more times than not, they are. So I ask the one that knows my heart the most intimately to speak to me as only He can.
“ The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore I will hope in Him!” Lamentations 2:22-24
As I struggle with how quickly my own heart can be turned from one extreme to the other, I do recognize that I have choices. I can go to my personal dark place…the emotional fetal position is not attractive;) I can be consumed by the immediate feelings of hurt, fear, or disappointment. Admittedly I am capable of letting things steal my peace. I don’t know of anyone that truly escapes disappointment and hurt. It’s a surety. More important than when, or, even how it will hit, is what we do with it when it does. How will we get over, go around or struggle through it? Will I, or, will I not, put on my big girl panties when life strikes?
“Consider it a gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.” James 1:2-4
“Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put thru this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of His victory. You never saw Him, yet you love him. You still don’t see him, yet you trust him-with laughter and singing. Because you keep believing, you’ll get what you’re looking forward to: total salvation.” 1 Peter 1:7-9
Yep. Sometimes life hurts and we feel the sting of it. And when it does, as we reel from how quickly the moments do change, I will choose to draw from those full and overflowing moments. Pretty sure I can surround myself with how golden they are.
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