by Joanne Wiklund
What shall we do with it? Do a post mortem on all we planned to do and didn’t get done? Spend today thinking about all those relatives and friends we missed that weren’t here for various reasons? Or pull ourselves out of our beds and shout Hallelujah! It’s over?
I think none of the above. It’s hard not to be down, sad, when grief is overcoming your mind and soul. But. There’s that word. How many times in the Bible do we read “But God…” I heard a pastor recently detail that. He described some of the worst circumstances and the passage he quoted continued with a new paragraph that began “But God…” It goes on to show us how God can change even what we believe are impossible circumstances.
I can’t remember how many times our mother handed one of us the Little Golden Book titled “The Little Engine That Could.” He turned his refrain as he tried to push the big train up the hill from I can’t, I can’t to I think I can, I think I can, and on the downside, I thought I could, I thought I could. Seems like we need to change our thinking about our situation if it’s bugging us, no matter what it is. For the past few years, the word Onward has been my special word to whisper when I’m struggling. It has served me well. But I’ve picked a new one. Grace: Unmerited favor. Undeserved benefits where none is expected. God’s Grace is there for us.
Genesis 6:8 “Noah found Grace in the eyes of the Lord.”
Job: 22:27 “Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee.”
2 Peter 3:18” But grow in Grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Psalms 94:18 “When I said, My foot slippeth, thy Mercy, O Lord, held me up.”