Sure, Lord – Kristin Sterk
The previous few days, I’ve been clinging to Psalm 71:14 which says, “As for me, I’ll all the time have hope; I’ll reward you increasingly more. “
Now that we’re per week away from admission for my bone marrow transplant, I can really feel the battle build up in me. I can really feel the can-do angle billowing up. But not I, however by means of Christ in me. I additionally acknowledge the feelings are beginning to change into extra evident and I simply can’t assist however assume what number of extra instances are we going to should be separated as a household for medical causes? That is the place it will get wearisome.
After I take into consideration the approaching days, weeks, months, and years, I need to have the phrases “Sure, Lord” ringing by means of my thoughts and coronary heart. That no matter he permits to return our method, we are able to say, “Sure, Lord”. We are going to do it. We are going to comply with. We are going to submit. We are going to obey. Simply generally it’s tougher to say “Sure, Lord” when it looks as if one blow retains occurring after one other.
Now a bone marrow transplant isn’t unusual; in any respect. We all know that if others can do it, we are able to too. What I personally have been combating towards is the weariness we now have felt with all of the ups and downs of the previous a number of years. Residing in survival mode for lengthy durations of time is draining, however I don’t need to get caught residing in that mode. Understanding that God has allowed what He has, for His good, MY good, and our household’s too, I don’t ever need to quit saying, “Sure, Lord.”
I need to stroll with hope. And to stroll with hope, means telling God, ” Sure, Lord!” We’re weary and but we need to reward him within the storm as a result of he’s the one carrying us by means of it. We all know these subsequent few weeks and months will deliver new challenges for us all, however we pray we are able to make his identify identified by means of the folks we meet and share concerning the love of Christ! It’s a complete new territory for us, and we’re prepared.
The place in your life, do you wrestle to say, “Sure, Lord” in submission and obedience to him? How can we higher dwell out the phrases of Psalm 71 in our personal lives?
