Sunday Is Coming

My wife and I like the majority of couples, have struggled with debt. We were not fortunate enough to attend university, yet were given as much as our parents could give. We have worked together for over forty years, raising three children, building our own home, driving vehicles that would constantly break down. We are just like you. This is not a tale of woe, rather a message that we’re all in the same sand box. Hopefully as we move along, it’s not quicksand. Even now, at our age, where we still have a mortgage, and other bills of the working class, we push on. Just like others our age, health struggles and energy depletion are just a couple of stones tied to our ankles as we tread water each year. Are we all drowning? Sometimes it may feel like it.

          

Then, we should remember that, we have something many people do not, or will not accept. Christ in our lives. When we wake each day with sore joints and a breath that’s hard to draw, let’s thank Him for waking us just one more time. When there seems to be more month than money, we should thank him for our jobs. When we make it to another weekend, always thank Him for sustaining us. When we get to church and are surrounded by our faith family, remember to praise His name for the fellowship and His presence. When we begin another day, another week, another year, glorify Him by our actions toward others and remain faithful to His promise of goodness and prosperity in our lives. Are we drowning now? Well, now we’re swimming.

           

Has He erased our earthly issues? No, but He has sustained us, carried us, reminded us to focus on Him, and reassured us that He will provide. He has given all of us the words to share with others, to encourage. Only God can and will do these things. Satan would throw you another stone as a life preserver. God will reach down and lift us from our mire. When we all come to a place of defeat, we should in all things, look up and remember where our help comes from. Psalm 121:2 NIV tells us. My help comes from the Lord, who made Heaven and earth. God, and the people He puts into our lives will, will be the encouragement to not give up.

          

Remember, Sunday is coming.

Mike Shindruk

www.mastershandministry.blogspot.ca