Sometimes my friends go through particularly hard times. I often wonder about God’s support system when I watch the struggle and the lack and the hopelessness and fear and doubt that comes creeping in. But God is still good.
We are all in the middle of God’s wonderful design for our lives, even in the most difficult times, but it doesn’t feel like it when life is so hard, when every day is yet another morning to try and make things better, to get better, to pay another bill, to do enough, to be enough.
But then, that’s where the lesson is.
God gently moves us from a place of self-preservation to one of self-dedication to him. He knows what we need. He knows what he needs. He needs people who aren’t living in a place of fear anymore. He’s here; he’s right in the middle of our gloriously messy lives.
Because he’s here, everything is already okay.
And as for his support system — that falls on those of us ready to help, which should be all of us. If you have an extra smile tucked away, $5, a word of encouragement, a prayer, a follow-up, time to care, offer it.
If you’re scrambling to survive, ask for help. Most of us aren’t so prophetic we automatically know you have rent to pay.
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