Change is inevitable and things truly do not stay the same.
It is amazing how the same word can cause different reactions and thoughts, depending on where you are in life and what you may be doing, or what may be occurring in your immediate surroundings.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven:” and it even goes on to give a list of related positive and negative activities as examples. Yet, every time I visit this scripture, different fleeting thoughts invade my mind.
The words everything and every pop out so profoundly right now. Not some things, not a few things, but everything!
Between birth and death, we all experience a variety of events and life changes — some simple and many complex.
How do we handle the complex situations that arise in our lives? Have we learned how to peacefully survive trials and tribulations? Do we rely on the promises, knowing that, “this too will pass?”
One of my favorite scriptures is found in Isaiah 40:28-31. It serves as a reminder of how great our God is and how awesome He is in taking care of us through any storm.
Knowing that God is in control of our lives, making “everything beautiful in its times,” brings, comfort, peace and hope.
Being a little “under the weather,” I was recently blessed to have my daughter be my caregiver for a few days. This reverse role stirred up thoughts and admittedly a little anxiety, about changing images of Mother and how these images unfold:
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