HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday evening (12-30-06) I sat contemplating what changes would occur in the New Year. I grabbed my journal and read over its pages of the current year, looking for growth and areas in my life I would need to change.
I thought about my eldest daughter and her husband’s drug abuse, and my grandchildren caught in the middle of their mess. Depression began to overwhelm me as financial concerns and job conflicts joined the despairing party in my mind.
It was in that moment that I cried out, “Lord, I need a word from you that will bring peace and hope to my troubled spirit.”
As I leaned back in my chair trying to find a comfortable position, the following words came to my mind.
“I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING. BESIDES ME, THERE IS NO OTHER!”
I sat up straight and began to meditate on the above scriptures. Peace returned as I realized that the creator of the universe was still in charge! There is nothing I encounter in life that He is not able to carry me through.
Not only will He hear my prayers for my daughter and grandchildren, He already has! My grandchildren’s school has begun monitoring my daughter’s care of the children; family members are no longer giving her and her husband money, but are purchasing whatever it is they say they need the money for; and drugs are no longer being used in the house.
Whichever way my finances go, up, down or remain the same, God will provide for and take care of me. He is before me and behind me; there is no way I can fall from His care.
