Last week I could write about the sunrise at this time; this week, just a note about the darkness before the dawn. A weak attempt to be literary maybe, but I think I'm just half asleep. The problems of this week may only be problems because we worry them to a frazzle. Of course, the problems never become frazzled, it is us the worriers who become frazzled. True, there are some problems that only become mountains when we worry over them. However, events like the twice-yearly time changes do have physical symptoms for us. Some would have us believe that some problems only exist in our minds, and they would be correct, but that does not mean that it is less of a problem. Whether the mountain to climb exists in the mind, the spirit, or the body, we still climb it with our Lord.
Everyone who believes in Christ gets his or her share of trials, tribulations, mountains and molehills. Some problems are small and some are true mountains that require faith, endurance, patience and the strength that only Christ can give us. The true mountains highlight our weakness and bring glory to God through His magnificent strength and provision. For some of us, our biggest mountains are in the past. For others, we are on the slope right now, perhaps even facing what seems an impassable cliff. Jesus may tell us to be wise and find a way around that cliff. He may tell us to be strong and go straight up. Our Lord may even go first and haul us up at the end of a line. Just maybe, our sweet Lord may show us a set of stairs He carved in that seemingly impassable cliff a long time before we were born.
Face those problems today in prayer and the Word!
Bucky
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