10/06/2023
There are days that just suck! Please forgive me if that word is a cuss word to you. But I don't know of a better word. Here at Transparent Woman, we keep things, well, REAL. Life is Real. Problems are REAL and so is God! Some of us are hit with illnesses that render us almost nonfunctioning some are stricken by lack in finances, and some have some pretty tumultuous relationships we are trying to navigate. Some of us are just trying to learn to like ourselves. In these moments doubt can creep in and we can begin to spiral in our emotions and we just really want to go back to bed and try again (maybe) tomorrow!
Where is God in this? The burden is heavy and we have prayed every prayer we can and we are left with a heavy heart and weariness of soul. This is where I tell you, " I know a guy." He was a nobody, worked a blue collar job and his own family didn't think too much of him. He usually got the short end of the stick and his brothers were always judging his motives-incorrectly might I add. There are letters he has penned where he literally is so depressed that he is also asking God where he is and when is he going to show up. This guy was also called a man after God's own heart....some of you are beginning to know who I am talking of....yep....good ole David. King David to some. He was up one day then down in the pitts other days. He was expressive of his feelings but come to understand the art of "encouraging himself" in the Lord. Through all of the melt down and let downs he would end with BUT GOD! Basically God this life sucks BUT I trust YOU! God this is hard BUT GOD I know you love me. God I am losing faith BUT GOD you are faithful even when I am not! So. rest assured that there are better days coming but in the midst of the hard- God holds you and even if you find yourself in the darkest place- HE IS THERE!
Even in our own personal failings..HE IS WITH US!
"Is there any place I can go to avoid your Spirit? To be out of your sight? If I go underground, you're there! If I flew on morning's wings to far western horizion, you'd find me in a minute-you're already there waiting! Then I said to myself,"Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I'm immersed in the light!" It's a fact: darkness and light, they're all the same to God." Psalms 139:7-1
So friends, we are loved on our best days and our worst days and all the days in between. God keeps his promise of not leaving us even when our emotions have us feeling abandoned or lost. We aren't lost...ever...he knows Exactly where we are at!