It's time to start blogging again. Writing is therapeutic for me. Not because I get to exclaim "Woe is me!" all the time but because it helps me to organize my thoughts and get down to what's really important: Jesus. My head is a mess. I can't even begin to put into words everything that goes on in my brain. I'm always pondering multiple things at a time and what's really important tends to get muddled by what I'm going to make for dinner, that awesome song I heard earlier or the spider crawling across the floor. You get the picture.
Life is so unpredictable. It amazes me the good and sweet things you can experience amidst hard times. Today I've been struggling more than usual. I've felt anxious all day and my head has been in a fog while my heart was overwhelmingly heavy but God has exchanged my heavy heart for joy in praising His name. This song is one that I can't stop singing tonight:
You have redeemed my soul
From the pit of emptiness
You have redeemed my soul
From death
I was a hungry child
A dried up river
I was a burned out forest
And no one could do anything for me
But You put food in my body
And water in my dried bed
And to my blackened branches
You brought the springtime
Green of new life
And nothing is impossible for You
When I'm struggling or going through tough times, it's easy for me to lose perspective. The fact of the matter is that I was a hungry child, a dried up river, burned out forest, beyond help from earthly powers BUT, He fed me, gave me water and brought the springtime green of new life. He has redeemed me from the pit of emptiness and the sting of death. When I lose perspective, I start slipping back into that pit of despair but He graciously reminds me that He has accomplished what I could not accomplish. He has redeemed my soul. He has brought me into the presence of my Father, where I can be daily refreshed and filled with eternal hope even amidst trials. Nothing is impossible for Him.
I'm resting in the fact that He is good at all times. Friends, know that He has redeemed YOU and that we can rest secure in Jesus, even when the world seems like it's falling apart. Nothing is impossible for Him. He is worthy of all that we have! Oh Lord, You are good!
Living for more,
Abby
