I've lost many things that meant a lot.
BUT, it doesn't feel hopeless. Instead I have a feeling that Spring is going to bring a lot of newness into my life.
Yes a lot has changed, but what really matters has not. And what really matters?
I used to have this feeling like I was barely hanging on by a thread, like all I had was slipping from my grasp, and when I only focused on what I was losing I really fell into a dark place. Today that dark place is starting to see light. What matters most is what helped break through the darkness. And that is God. With all that I've seen leave my life He has been a constant.
I want to share some hope with those who have been dealing with the same struggles. If you feel like things are changing, like what you've been holding onto is slipping away don't despair! Don't lose hope! Why? Well because the One who holds onto you is much stronger than a thin thread. His grasp is infinite strength, and when you feel things are losing their grip on you that's not always a bad thing.
Change has a way of working it's way into our life. Just as the fall comes to prepare for winter, we have seasons in our life that prepare us for the bare season. I've just come through my own personal bare season. Things have changed so dramatically I wondered how I was even going to survive... whether I was going to come back from such starkness.
Think of yourself as a tree. Trees are wonderful things, but here in New England trees only grow to be lush and green because of the changing seasons. From seeds to small plants, each stage it has a season of bareness, a season where it has no leaves and is left to weather the cold and ice of winter. But a tree is not made strong from it's leaves, no, it gains it's strength from its roots. And if it's roots are strong enough they are capable of growing in any climate, and any environment.
My roots are deep in the soil of Christ. As much as I've had fall from my grasp I still stand firm and planted in His Words and Truth. NOTHING can take me from it because His Words and Truth are eternal, without an end. His love is eternal and unconditional, and that is my soil. As my roots grow stronger each year, it doesn't matter that the winter comes, because I know that Spring always returns.
And let that serve as a reminder that as things are taken out of your life it is only to make room for new things.
I used to have this feeling like I was barely hanging on by a thread, like all I had was slipping from my grasp, and when I only focused on what I was losing I really fell into a dark place. Today that dark place is starting to see light. What matters most is what helped break through the darkness. And that is God. With all that I've seen leave my life He has been a constant.
I want to share some hope with those who have been dealing with the same struggles. If you feel like things are changing, like what you've been holding onto is slipping away don't despair! Don't lose hope! Why? Well because the One who holds onto you is much stronger than a thin thread. His grasp is infinite strength, and when you feel things are losing their grip on you that's not always a bad thing.
Change has a way of working it's way into our life. Just as the fall comes to prepare for winter, we have seasons in our life that prepare us for the bare season. I've just come through my own personal bare season. Things have changed so dramatically I wondered how I was even going to survive... whether I was going to come back from such starkness.
Think of yourself as a tree. Trees are wonderful things, but here in New England trees only grow to be lush and green because of the changing seasons. From seeds to small plants, each stage it has a season of bareness, a season where it has no leaves and is left to weather the cold and ice of winter. But a tree is not made strong from it's leaves, no, it gains it's strength from its roots. And if it's roots are strong enough they are capable of growing in any climate, and any environment.
My roots are deep in the soil of Christ. As much as I've had fall from my grasp I still stand firm and planted in His Words and Truth. NOTHING can take me from it because His Words and Truth are eternal, without an end. His love is eternal and unconditional, and that is my soil. As my roots grow stronger each year, it doesn't matter that the winter comes, because I know that Spring always returns.
And let that serve as a reminder that as things are taken out of your life it is only to make room for new things.
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