JESUS JOY JOURNEY

I am heading into Thanksgiving with a different perspective this year.  Life isn’t always easy and often it is really hard.  Walking with a precious friend whose husband was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor these past several weeks has reminded me how important it is that we rest in God’s Unfailing love.  

Over the past several months, I have spoken at several women’s retreats. And one reoccurring theme we discovered as we dug into the Psalms is that God is constantly pursuing us with His UNFAILING love!!  In fact, God’s love is described as UNFAILING thirty-four times in the book of Psalms.  The authors of the Psalms wanted to remind God’s people that God is a rock and a refuge, a safe place to hide when life is too much to bear.

When times are hard, the natural question is to ask WHY?  And that is okay to do. God can handle our ‘Why’ and our anger. But, as we process those hard feelings and questions with God, I want to challenge you to also ask “Where”….specifically “Where do I see God’s UNFAILING LOVE in my life today?”  As we look back at hard times we’ve gone through, we often can see more clearly how God carried us.  But, when we’re in the midst of them, it is hard to shift our perspective and see God’s faithful presence at work all around us.  

There have been two songs that have helped me express this truth in the past several months.

The first is the hymn “In Christ Alone” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend  The first verse reads, 

In Christ alone my hope is found.  He is my light, my strength, my song;  This cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm.  What heights of love, what depths of peace when fears are stilled when striving cease, my comforter, my all in all, here in the love of Christ I stand.  

 The second song is “Goodness of God” written by Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson performed by CeCe Winans. Claiming God’s promises as I sing this song always resets my focus on God’s unfailing love!  It might do the same for you! Click Here to listen!

“May your unfailing love rest upon us, even as we put our hope in you.”  Psalm 33:22