Walking it Out

Recently while talking to a dear friend regarding a situation she is walking through, she totally and completely humbled and inspired me. The situation itself (though tough and yet unresolved) isn't what was important here, but rather her attitude in the midst of it.

She could have spent hours whining to me about how unfair life is, how difficult the situation was. But instead, she asked me to pray, then proceeded to tell me how she was encouraged by Psalms 69 and how it spoke to her in both the spiritual and physical of what she was going through. She then shared how it just reaffirmed in her spirit how no matter what we face in life, we do not face it alone, that no matter the outcome, He is right there beside us.

How humbled I was at her attitude and it made me thing about how often do we all get in the middle of our circumstance and forget we are not alone? Or worse BLAME God for what is simply life. I remember this song from when I was in junior high, and it went something like this:

"He never said, you'd always see sunshine,
He never said there'd be no rain,
He only promised a heart full of singing,
At the very thing that once brought pain.

Givc them all
Give them all
Give them all to Jesus
Shattered dreams wounded hearts
And broken toys...

Give them all
Give them all
Give them all to Jesus
And he will turn your sorrows
Into Joy

We need to remember that He was wounded for our transgression, bruised for our iniquities, and yet we whine at every turn. How in our arrogance do we expect our lives to be picture perfect when His was not? Of the 12 apostles, 11 died a martyrs death, in countries all over the world they meet in secret to worship and study, and here we are whining when something doesn't go just the way we expect. Trust me I am far from guilty, (Feel free to read Out of your box if you have any doubts on the capacity of my whining capabilities) but I am willing to change, to learn and to grow.

Psalm 139:8-12 promises: “ If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.”

So no matter what we are walking though we are not alone! My dear friend has inspired me and I am holding onto this promise.

God Bless!

Chi