It was so beautiful and really has made me think this week. These times seem very bleak, dark, cold. Our economy is in the tank. People are losing jobs all the time it seems. Retirement funds are dwindling with every poor day on the stock exchange. More than 1/2 a million could be out of jobs with the whole car industry failure. It is really scary.
Not to mention worrying about our political climate, our national security and myriad of other personal and health crisis's that different ones are going through. On top of the busyness of the season and normal everyday stresses and work and home, it is enough to make you want to cover your head and stay in bed.
But the Lord is faithful. He always has been and always will be. We've been doing a nightly family devotional that my friend, Lisa, gave us highlighting what the Pilgrims did and how faithful the Lord was to them as they came to America. Talk about some really tough times! But God provided and sustained them.
He is faithful today as well. So as I look at the picture (I think I'm going to have it printed and framed as a reminder) I recall these promises from my Father. Promises that He is faithful to keep~
I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord." I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:17-26
So as we hold fast to the promises of the Lord, let us not lose heart and hope. He is always the light in the midst of darkness.
