Jeremiah 11.18-20 Revelation 14.18-15.4 Luke 22.54-71
Jérémie 11.18-20 Apocalypse 14.18-15.4 Luc 22.54-71
Jeremia 11.18-20 Openbaring14.18-15.4 Lukas 22.54-71
Jérémie 11.18-20 Apocalypse 14.18-15.4 Luc 22.54-71
Jeremia 11.18-20 Openbaring14.18-15.4 Lukas 22.54-71
Change
Change can stretch you. Bend you or almost break you. Change of jobs, a major life-threatening incident or it could be- packing your bags and moving to a new country for a job. However exciting the latter sounds, it bears its challenges and tests - a lack of familiarity, a lack of enough resources to settle, leaving behind the known; friends and family and the consequence of carrying a heavy heart- wondering if you made the right decision; charting into unknown territories.
The
trials of surviving and thriving are further compounded by cultural
differences, language barriers, loneliness and despair can hit one very hard.
It is not all gloom! Referencing Psalms 102, when our hearts are “smitten, and
withered like grass,” it is in such times we need and must remain grounded and
cry unto Him. He orders our path as, “He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer.” And as we worry about our families,
our children, aging parents our friends, may we be strengthened by his promise,
that, “The children of your servants will live in your presence; their
descendants will be established before you."
I
write this to encourage myself, to encourage my son, Lawrence and to encourage
you reader that, as you journey on, having arrived in Belgium or whatever other
nation you might be reading this from, the Lord our God is ever faithful, a
provider in time of need and a friend in desolate times. As children of God, we
cry to Him, and He hears us.
Arrested
refugees immigrants in Fylakio detention center, Evros, Greece, 2010
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