It amazes me how easily I can be knocked off my game. A little sickness for a couple of weeks and it throws off my schedule, the time I spend in the Word and the time I spend with the Lord. I spent the last couple weeks feeling like I should write something and yet when I thought about my days my mind was relatively blank. There were no new thoughts or insights to be had, because the reality is I wasn't really learning anything. I still listened to sermons, led bible studies and the like, but there was nothing new that I was learning in my own individual time.
For some it might seem like a strange analogy but my relationship with Christ is rather like a marriage, in fact Christ is even equated to the bridegroom and the Church is His bride. That means that our relationship with Him continues for better or for worse, when we lack faith or need grace. It means that our relationship with Him continues still when we are sick as well as when we are healthy. There is never a break from relationship and that can seem daunting and even stressful. But shouldn't it be the opposite? Should we not find rest and comfort and peace going to the Lord through all the trials and tribulations that make up the human existence?
I have no scripture or quotation to go over because the reality is nothing has really stuck with me recently. However, I will say in this season of Valentines and talk of relationships we already have the most relationship that we could ever ask for. It's so easy to forget that sometimes though.
I pray that I may walk by faith in the calling that the Lord has for me in all circumstances and that I remember I do not have to pick myself by my own bootstraps to do better or work harder. I just need to constantly remember to abide in Him because His mercies are new everyday and He truly delights in me. Thank you for that Lord.
All the Glory Be His.
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