At work this week, a friend
came to me, and I could tell by her face that she was troubled. Her life
has taken some unexpected turns of late. Things that once seemed clear are no longer certain. Present circumstances aren’t at all what she envisioned for this stage of her life. Understandably, she has questions of why, how and when.
We talk often, and she knows about the personal burden I’ve
carried for over a year. She wanted to know how I keep on going,
seemingly with grace and ease. How do I keep on keeping on, despite the dark clouds looming over each step I take?
She’s a person of faith, and,
of course, I told her that I still have meltdown moments, when the tears just
won’t stop falling—I had one the other night. But what keeps me going, during times of heart-wrenching grief, is the Spirit of Christ living within and my unshakable faith in God's Word and
his unending love for me.
I might not know why, how or when, but I do know who. And when I place myself in his hands, and when I put my trust in his Word, and I keep my mind on him—the one who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I can ask or think; the one who
promised that all things "work together" for my good—peace beyond understanding envelops my soul, and I can keep on going for another day. No, it isn't easy—total trust in God—but it is the only route to finding peace.
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee."
