4/15/14
The
past few days have been a bit difficult for me as the reality of my family
situation was made clearer. I’m sure that I’m not the only one with family
issues. However, as I lay in bed at
night, it seems like everyone else and their problems are a million miles away.
I feel so alone, desperate, and afraid. I begin to pray and hope that my broken
heart can somehow be healed. Only God Himself can put the pieces of my heart
and my family back together.
Morning
comes and of course with it, a new perspective. I sat at the kitchen table with
coffee in hand, looking out my back window. I noticed a tree that is starting
to develop buds. Spring is finally here! The tree that stood empty all year,
appearing to have no life in it at all, will soon be sprouting leaves. Birds
will build nests in its branches, people will sit under it for shade, and the
wind will rustle its leaves, making the tree look as if it is dancing.
I
thought about this tree for a long time. We are a lot like this tree. In Summer,
the tree is busy with activity, birds are perched on its branches singing,
children climbing and having fun, adults rest against its trunk, enjoying the
shade on a hot afternoon. Sometimes our life seems perfect; we are busy working
for the Lord, spending time with family and friends, doing what we are created
to do, and just basking in the sun (SON)…. Life is good.
In Autumn, the leaves
on the tree start to turn color and eventually drop to the ground, children do
not come around as often, birds don’t sing as much because they are busy
preparing for winter, and adults no longer look for a shady place to rest. Life
slows down and it appears that the tree is not only beginning to lose its
beauty, but its usefulness as well. Sometimes people can start to feel
unwanted. They wonder if God can still use them. Just as the autumn wind strips
the tree of its leaves, the harshness of life can strip us from our happiness,
leaving us feeling warn out and exposed to the elements (pain, loneliness,
fear).
However, spring does come and with
it new life. Just like the little tree I see through my window, with buds
starting to form, God restores us. He carries us through our trials and
tribulations if we let Him. Our Savior can turn the most hopeless situations
into something beautiful. Although it may seem impossible at times, God is in
the miracle making business, turning the impossible into the very possible.
When
you feel as if your world is starting to fall apart, the happiness you once
felt feels more like dead leaves dropping to the ground, know that God will
carry you during the hardest times, the cold, dark winter months, and bring you
to a place of new beginnings.
Spring will come.
Hang
onto this Scripture verse… .
“Behold, I am doing a new
thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:19,
Written by
Storm H.
Everyone walks through their winters. Some are worse than others. The Godly truths about His willingness to CARRY US through the cold and frost of our pain. This is a great devotional, Storm.
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