ALL. AT. ONCE.
Imagine that.
There were times I felt I was already at the end of my rope. Tired and weary. Plain and gloomy. But I knew I just needed to calm down.
From time to time, I needed to be creative how to ease out and breathe in between demands, tensions and mood swings. I sigh. I pause. I close my eyes. I pray.
My writing, my stitching, my reading and cleaning I greatly miss. I miss the simplicity of life. But above all these, still there is a good thing:
Things aren't like this all the time. This too, shall pass. This is but for a moment. As a comfort, everyday, I can say:
Today is better than yesterday.
With this, I thank the Lord, whose grace is sufficient in each and every situation. Not just for me, but also for those who can relate with stress and struggles that are common to man.
Also, with this kind of moment, I have learned to appreciate those lines, those Scriptures that I had posted on my social network page. They may just be quoted, 'copied & pasted' but, these were brought to memory, read again, meditated and whoa! it had spoken a lot ~ to me. So new. So fresh, like it was it was my first time to read 'em. I hope, it will do the same to you, too.
Hence, the status.
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Posted this while on a long land trip. Simply tired of almost every thing, with no one to talk to about the innermost things I am dealing with:
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Posted this while having the feeling of just being stuck to where I am. Is there something more to hope for, or this is already 'it'? :
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Posted this while having that wishful thinking that God is tangible, and that I can just talk to him, while having a cup of coffee with him. But, it's okay. He can hear me, anyway.
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Posted this when I felt very much like crying. Oh, comfort, where art thou?
And on, and on, and on...
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My status messages can speak on and can get longer in time as I continue to brave out this life. And before I make the attempt to post all the others, to this I will close, the prayer I know I will always say:
"Lord, I need You more today than I did yesterday. Then tomorrow I will be saying the same. I simply mean I need You, Lord more and more each day."
If to this you agree, you can whisper and say with me,
Amen.
Let me end with this: The Lord doesn't promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough. ~ Charles Swindoll
