Ezra 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.
Isn’t there always a time when life as we know it stops and what we once knew as normal is no longer our normal and a new normal must be formed? Those are defining moments and one can often remember where they were when it happened. When my first husband came home and announced that he no longer wanted to be married. He didn’t want to be a husband anymore. I remember that day clearly. I was in bed and he came in and announced he was done being married. I should call my sister in a different state and see if she could help because he needed alone time. He would allow me to have time to get my things in order and not kick me out, but he was done. When my second spouse died, I remember that day also. The doctor had just left the room and he quit breathing. I had to lift the cover back and look at his chest to see if there was movement because I wasn’t sure, he was so peaceful. He had fought cancer for five years. This was devastating, shocking, and painful, how can someone I love be gone? Where is God in this horrible pain? The Lord is the One who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 If we cling to God knowing he has something better for us with faith in the future we won’t go down into the pit of despair. He never promised life to be easy, in fact just the opposite. 1 Peter 4:12, Dear Friends, do not be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. At the time it feels like we are the only ones going through the trial. Friends leave because they don’t know what to say. Where is the help, encouragement, strength? It comes from God in the darkest places he is there, when there is no hope, just wait and see there is a testimony in the making. God gives a peace that surpasses understanding. (Philippians 4:7) The shock fades into action. We soon embrace our new normal and start again. Know God has plans for you. For I know the plans I have for you “—this the Lord’s declaration—’plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 I don’t know what you are going through today but as Christians we have hope and faith in new beginnings. My prayer is for hope to spring forth in faith with action. May the God of peace be with you.
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