This past week was one for the books.
And, not in the good way.
Things that I never want to experience again.
After the nightmare of the last six years, that is saying a lot.
I trudged through the days.
Anxious until I could fall back into my bed and fall into a drug induced sleep.
I'm just being honest.
This morning, a Doberman with an overactive bladder woke me up early.
We went through the morning routine.
Outside.
Medication (for the dog). (smile)
Food (for the dogs).
Coffee (for me).
Outside again.
Then I slid back between the covers, with my coffee and His Word.
I felt
Empty
Abandoned
Overwhelmed.
I've been reading in the book of Hebrews.
If you can have "favorite" books in the Bible, it wouldn't rank high on mine.
Except for today, because isn't that just like Him?
Hebrews 10
"So let's do it (sounds just like a Nike ad, huh?) __ full of belief, confident that were presentable inside and out. Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps His word."
This week, I lost my grip.
I was the antithesis of a Nike advertisement.
I remembered all the broken promises made to me by others.
Promises made, as I was reminded in Genesis this morning, by mere dirt.
Ravi Zacharias in his book Cries Of the Heart describes God's immutability.
"He is indestructible and unchanging. He is not capricious and whimsical, but will always act in keeping with His character."
What a comfort to me...to us all...who live with the broken promises of others.
His love never runs out.
His character never changes.
He always keeps His word.
"If we don't have a sense of the primacy of God, we will never get it right, get life right, get our lives right. Not God at the margins; not God as an option; not God on the weekends. God at the center and circumference; God first and last; God, God, God."
Eugene Peterson
God at the center.
God at the circumference.
God first.
God last.
God.
So this week, I'm going to...
get a grip & just do this!
Maybe you'll join me.
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