I love Bible verses that say exactly how I'm feeling or have felt. I'm reading through the Psalms and last night I was at the 44th one. There were quite a few verses in that chapter that I liked, but 17 and 18 really got me. Through everything that's gone on in these past ten months, my faith was still intact. It may have been pretty weak most of the time, but it never left me. I couldn't explain it; it was just one of those things that I knew in my heart but couldn't express with words. But last night when I was reading, I found my explanation. It was Psalm 44:17-18.
"All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten You...Our hearts had not turned back, our feet had not strayed from Your path."
Most of the time in life, we don't understand why things happen the way they do. We think that we should be exempt from bad things because, well, we're so self-absorbed. Nothing can go wrong that would set us back or make us appear weak. But stuff happens all the time in life. It's like that phrase - "You never think it's going to happen to you." Well, in case it hasn't happened to you yet, don't worry because it will. I'm guilty of thinking and even saying that very phrase. But the truth is, life is tough. It's not a stroll through the park; it's a crawl through the landmines. Through all the pain, hurt, sadness, and wrong-doings of this life, there is only one thing that we can cling to, and that's Jesus Christ. Everything else around us will change or go away. Hebrews 13:8 says it best: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
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