When the storms of life rush in...

Tonight I opened up my Bible to the book of Nehemiah. Not for any particular reason, I just happen to open the Bible to it.
What caught my eye was something I had written on the top of the page.
It says.."When the storms of life rush over me, I will not let them in."
That got me thinking...

Currently I've been under a lot of stress. It's not that there is anything bad happening in my life, it's just that I've been very busy at the moment and my life is continuing to be in a state of transition. It's all completely normal but sometimes I find myself saying outloud, "Lord I just can't."

Do you ever get that way?

I find myself with my arms up in the air saying "I can't"! Then there are always tears behind that "I can't". Or sometimes I'll say something like "God move, or move me, cause I can't." At least there is honesty in the prayer, you know? If I can't fall naked before God, make of heaven and earth, and be honest with him; then who can I be honest with?


I think we have two choices when we are going through hard times, or stress or whatever it might be.
Either you fight or run away.

I guess I could run... but I choose to fight.
Sure life is tough right now, but what can I do? Either I can choose to let the storms of life rush over me and engulf me OR I can choose to be honest and deal with it.

So maybe this is some sort of statement of declaration or something, I don't know.

I love my life right now, it's hard, but I love it and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else then right here fighting through the stress.

Besides I'm not alone.
It's like what a good friend of mine told me the other night. We were talking about the "Great Commission" in the book of Matthew, and she said the last thing Jesus said to the disciples before He ascended into heaven was "and surely I am with you always till the very end of the age."
So wonderful to hear that the last words Jesus said to his disciples was "I'm with you".

So when the storms of life rush over me, I will not let them in, I will fight, I will persevere, because I am NOT alone.
And that makes all the difference.

Amen.