NOTES: I am sharing an article written by my
friend Margaret Feinberg who is a gifted author. She and her husband Leif have been friends of
The Community Fellowship for several years, and Margaret is currently battling
breast cancer. As you read I ask that
you pray for her healing, and please consider sharing this with those who don’t
normally read my blog. Also go look
around her website and blog at http://margaretfeinberg.com.
What to
Do When Life Spirals Out of Control
By Margaret Feinberg (http://margaretfeinberg.com)
My
four-pound superpup, Hershey brings so much joy to my life. Even with his small size, he certainly packs
a powerful punch in the ways God uses him in my life.
I think
back to a few years ago when Leif and I met him for the first time.
Tiny. Timid.
Fearful.
As we gently
picked him up to take him home for the first time, fear filled his body. We were taking him from everything he knew
and was familiar with—and it showed.
No eye
contact. Tail between the legs. His tiny body trembling.
The whole
drive we tried to offer comfort. We
stroked his soft fur. We held him
close. We kept repeating: Trust
me. You’re going to be okay. Just trust me, little Hershey. We’re going to take care of you.
But he
didn’t listen or understand. Like a
horse with blinders, he was only focused on the fear around him, not realizing
that we had his best intentions in mind and the fullness of life we were offering
him.
A
God-thought filled my head. You do
this, too.
I recognized
God’s gentle whisper.
In the midst
of change, I, too, fidget in fear. I try
to hold tight to anything familiar. Blinded
by fear, I am only focused on what could go wrong. I quake in my boots when all along God is
whispering to me:
Trust me.
I’ve got this all under control. Don’t be afraid my beloved. Don’t worry my child. Just trust.
Like
Hershey, I find myself in situations where the ground is taken out from under
me. Life begins to spiral out of
control. I swing my arms frantically as
I find anything to hold on to.
When all
along God is whispering, Trust me. I’ve got this.
This is
true not just in the adversity I'm facing, but whatever adversity
you're facing, too.
Psalm 7:1 NIV
Lord my God,
I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Trust in the
Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your
ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 30:5
NIV
Every word of
God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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