The Way Things Should Be

Ever have the feeling that things just aren’t as they should be?  There are times when you feel like your family is completely under attack, even from some you consider friends.  Things break, people or animals die, sickness makes everything undoable , hopes are dashed, relationships fall apart, dreams shatter, bills threaten, confidences are betrayed---and usually, a lot of this happens at the same time.  The fight to do Right seems futile, and sometimes I get weary of trying.  I give the hurt, the hopelessness, to God, and then I have to do it again, and again.  It comes back like waves upon the shore, and I feel eroded.  Still, I will.  When I think about it, maybe I haven’t done absolutely Everything wrong and therefore am suffering the wrath of God for being completely Wrong in all things.  I have been redeemed and forgiven, and He loves me as His own.  Maybe things really aren’t as they should be, maybe people aren’t as they should be, and maybe I myself am not as I should be—but God is Always as He should Be.  Maybe my erosion isn’t going to eat away at me until I am destroyed, but will change me for good.  As long as my life is in God’s hands, my heart belonging to Him, my future trusted to His care--as many times as it takes—I know that He is drawing me closer to Himself.  I can trust the One Who loves me the most, and, no matter how high the waves get or how much ground is lost, I really am Secure.

 Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."