Glimpses

2013 has been a trying year...both personally and professionally. I am currently in the middle of the longest stretch of working without a day off in over 30 years. It is draining both physically and emotionally. Throughout it all there are times when I am just ready to give up, times when I am totally overwhelmed; times when doubt and anger rise up. It is in those times that I get a glimpse of hope, mercy, and love. 

I see that it is so wonderful that I am not in charge, that I don’t have to be self reliant, but reliant upon Christ. I see glimpses everywhere in creation, in relationships, just people placed in my path. 

Psalm 19:1-­4 reminds us: 

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. 

It is simply amazing that we have a God that cares so much about such a broken person as me. It is amazing that no matter what is going on; there is a place to turn, there is one to trust, there is a hope and peace that surpasses all understanding. 

Let’s end with Psalm 8:3-­4: 

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 

Grace and Peace!