A Powerful Peace
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
"Brace yourself like a man;..."
Job 40: 6-7
Sometimes it takes a swift kick to knock the crap out of melancholy. I've been in a strange funk all week along with bouts of anger and apathy. The same wounds keep tearing open to the point of numbness. Then yesterday I read the above and surrounding verses. After some prayer and meditation, I threw my hands up in the air and realized that I have to simply let go, to release the pain, to let peace pervade. No way for me to try to know the absolutely unknowable. Sometimes there's no answer for "why?"
Striving for peace on my own simply doesn't work... How many times will it take for me to learn? Seven times? Seventy times seven? Bracing myself, I both feared and anticipated the response. Peace ensued, but not a placid, passive peace. But a peace charged with strength, coursing with power. Not from my own efforts, but a fruit of the Spirit.
Today's definitely a better day! (even if nothing externally has changed...)
"Brace yourself like a man;..."
Job 40: 6-7
Sometimes it takes a swift kick to knock the crap out of melancholy. I've been in a strange funk all week along with bouts of anger and apathy. The same wounds keep tearing open to the point of numbness. Then yesterday I read the above and surrounding verses. After some prayer and meditation, I threw my hands up in the air and realized that I have to simply let go, to release the pain, to let peace pervade. No way for me to try to know the absolutely unknowable. Sometimes there's no answer for "why?"
Striving for peace on my own simply doesn't work... How many times will it take for me to learn? Seven times? Seventy times seven? Bracing myself, I both feared and anticipated the response. Peace ensued, but not a placid, passive peace. But a peace charged with strength, coursing with power. Not from my own efforts, but a fruit of the Spirit.
Today's definitely a better day! (even if nothing externally has changed...)