This
is a strange week. I am spending most of
my time away from church and not connecting with people. That is not because I want to. It is because I am trying to rest and get
well. I love what I do for a living, the
people I get to interact with and the things that God is doing in so many
lives.
But I
have been there. I’ve been at the end of
the street after a long day when it seems like there is nothing else to do or
there is no more energy to exert or there are no more resources to share. It is at that point that we find the best
things to share. That is where God shows
up in and through us. It is when we
begin to be Jesus’ hands and feet and love to the people we interact with.
Here
is a challenge when you are at the end of the street.
So take a new grip with your tired
hands and strengthen your weak knees.
Take a new grip.
Refresh yourself so that you can see and be ready to help others. It is God that helps us take a new grip or to
strengthen our knees. No, God doesn’t
expect us to go on and on without rest.
He does expect us to allow Him to be our strength and our help.
At the end of the street the only thing left is God.
And let the peace that comes from
Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live
in peace. And always be thankful.
There is so little peace in this world. Even this week I have been overwhelmed by the
pain of life through the death of a loved one, through the hurt of addiction,
through the anxiety of mental disorder, through the darkness of families being
torn a part and more. It is at the end
of those streets that God shows up and God does miracles.
I believe that God still does miracles. Do you believe? Maybe you are at the end of the street right
now. Take another look. Maybe stop and turn around. See where you are from a new angle. Look at people from a new point of view. Smell the flowers or look at the mountains or
listen to the sounds all around.
At the end of the street may be the very place where God
renews you so that you can renew others.
Let His peace rule your heart and watch how you will be more and more thankful
for all God is doing.
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