I am a witness

​I want to write something happy today, to be cheerful and make you smile.

The truth is my life is hard right now. I am not talking about everyday challenges like juggling schedules, figuring out how to fit it all in. I am not talking about challenges at work or in friendships. I am talking about many life-altering challenges all at once. The kind of challenges that just one would be enough to rock your world, yet I have several all at once.

In fact, these challenges, my giants, have been going on for a very long time. Every December 31 I think to myself, “Thank God this year is over, next year will be so much better.” but that has not been my story.
At the same time, I can look over the past several years and as I see the agony, reliving the trauma of all that has happened, I also see God’s hand upon me, holding me when I need a hug, supporting me when I am too tired to stand, strengthening me to push through the impossible when all I want to do is hide under the covers until it goes away. I can see the good in the bad from a distance.

When I am in the thick of it, when I can’t see from a distance because I am surrounded by the giants, I hold on to what I know to be true. God is good. God is loving. God provides. God never fails. I can say and believe these things because I have witnessed them in my life, and I am a witness to you.

I don’t know what you are facing today. I do know that God will see you through it.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. Psalm 145:13-20

God does not change. He is not good one day and bad or neglectful the next. He is good all the time. He will hold you, strengthen you, provide for you, protect you, give you counsel and courage.

You may struggle to feel it, to see it. You may question how a good God can allow the hardships you may be facing. Rest assured my friend; nothing is wasted with God. Not one word in scripture, not one circumstance in your life, not one problem you face, not one hurt, not one trauma, not one victory, absolutely nothing is wasted with God.

I am a witness to this truth. I can say this in full confidence because I am living proof. If these things were not true, I assure you I would be dead.

The giants I am facing have not vanished, in fact I believe I will be battling them for some time to come. Yet I know God will sustain me.

I will even have joy; I will see God’s goodness as I persevere through it, and I will be able to tell you about it so that you will know He will do the same for you.

You are not alone!

I am going to embark on a thirty-day journey to explore and embrace God’s love for me and to translate that into love for myself. Want to come along? Click here and join me.