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How to have a truly happy new year.

For the first time in years, I don’t remember my New Year’s resolution from January. Usually, I write it down in my journal or on a note I stick to my mirror. There’s been many of those dog-eared sticky notes from years past. The year of contentment. Speaking life. We passed pancakes across the breakfast table on January 1st this year. “What do you want from 2018?” I can’t remember my answer. I know what I didn’t want though. I didn’t want to walk into her office and share the parts of my life I’m inclined to hide. I didn’t want to Facetime her the day after she delivered her baby that never breathed. I didn’t want to spend four months wondering how I’d walk into her house on Christmas day and see her empty chair. I didn’t want to go on another first date that led nowhere. We sit across from each other in a little coffee shop in Colorado, picking at a charcuterie board. “When I think about all of the things I have left to go through,” her voice cracks....

What if the Worst Happens?

It was dark when I opened my eyes suddenly, body tense. I slowly relaxed as I recognized the yellow light from the streetlight streaming through the cracks in my blind. I was alive. I wasn't trapped in the bottom of a ship about to sink, my enemy waiting to shoot me if I somehow managed to pry out the cabin window. I wasn't going to drown tonight. I checked the clock on my phone, squinting as the brightness illuminated my face. 4:59AM. Ten more minutes of praying for my heart to stop pounding and my eyes snapped shut again.

What if it wasn't a dream? What if, one day, the worst happens? My Christian life is neatly cut out and pasted onto my own time frame. Finish school-missions trip-look after orphans-maybe get married-have some kids-attend a nice church-do some nice deeds. What if everything goes wrong and I make a bad choice, I'm persecuted, I'm raped, someone close to me dies, I'm wrongly accused? What then?

Even when we 'feel' the foundations shuddering underneath our feet, God is our firm Rock. Even when we 'see' the rocks falling down and our plans falling apart, God is our Shelter and our Guide. Even when we 'hear' the taunts of those who desire our ruin and 'hear' the echoes of silence and loneliness, God has not forsaken us. Even when our understanding of Christianity is confused, God is the Truth. 

If you're already living your worst nightmare, turn to the One who is your Help. If life is full of bounty and blessing, laugh at the future and be at Peace in your Saviour's arms. He is a faithful as He ever has been and He will be as faithful as He is now. He never changes. 

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