The last couple of weeks have been so crazy! Well of course there has been the usual crazy: school getting off to a new start, shopping to do for said school, money to transfer for someone in college, college studies for one getting ready to go to college in 12 months, the church start up of many excellent programs, sermons to write, lessons to prepare, people to share life with and so much more. This is the fun crazy, expected crazy of the everyday.
Yet there has been some real crazy stuff too! Depression and the feeling this writer has no friends, the struggles like ever normal person regarding finances, family, work (just double these past few weeks). Life being so heavy and so difficult. Am I alone? Does anyone else struggle with these and more?
My friend (yes I have some) told me the more we do for God, the better things are going according to God’s plan the enemy of God is really gonna try and mess you up. I believe he is right but I also believe we do a great job of messing up the good ourselves. Some of us don’t do well with so many challenges and blessings.
Some will say at 49 I’m in midst of a mid life crisis, maybe I am (but I’ve not bought a sports car yet) Some will say I need to grow up and just accept that “stuff happens”. Still others will remind me they love me and that I need to hang in there.
Life in the middle is that I think, hanging on to the first love … Jesus Christ, hanging on to the faith in Him to make life possible, even when we fall into the traps of being in the middle and let Him down. I’m amazed at how faithful Jesus is. You’d think I would know after 49 years but it is still a surprise to me … chief of all sinners … just how much He loves me and “hangs with me”.
Are you in the middle? Jesus is with you and I want to be too cause I love you! (I can’t say that enough!)
