My Rock

 

9/23/2020

Luke 18:31 “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.”

To say that 2020 has been a year of change would be an understatement. The very way we all live has changed dramatically. Masks, sanitizer, and social distancing are the norm for most people now. Travel has virtually come to a stop as well. I think it often feels like the movie Groundhog Day where I am, just living the same day over and over again. Hopefully, like the main character in that movie, I have used this time for personal growth through concentrating on my relationship with God. I guess, just like in the movie, that fact remains to be seen.

My family is undergoing change on so many levels. Today my husband had a job interview, which is wonderful. Unfortunately, he had to fly to another state….during Covid!!!!! The only place we have really gone since March has been to get groceries, and today he is taking 4 different planes to get there in back in one day. Well, this is certainly testing my nerves and encouraging me to LEAN into God’s protection. He thinks it went well, so hopefully it was worth the risk.

So during this time, even though everything normal has been altered, am I still able to move forward? Am I embracing the changes that lie ahead for my family? What about my purpose? Chambers writes, “In the natural life our ambitions alter as we develop; in the Christian life the goal is given at the beginning, the beginning and the end are the same, viz., Our Lord Himself. We start with Christ and we end with Him.” The truth is, that with all the craziness and adjustments, there is one everlasting and constant truth: God. Psalm 18:2 “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior: my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.” (NLT) There is profound comfort in these words for such a time as this.