It’s a rough, trying, tiring battle! Grasping God’s love… I can’t help but feel forlorn, helpless, weak as I contemplate my life and circumstances: marriage, fatherhood, spiritual fatherhood and brotherhood. It seems all so overwhelming: Larry’s stroke and impending rehabilitation; completion of my education; my relationship with Allison (wife); my relationship with Faith and Jesse (children); my relationships with those I walk beside in ministry and the kids they walk with daily; my family and its struggles, difficulties and challenges.
I realize I can do nothing, but respond to what God is already doing.
My Prayer... Help me to respond to you Abba!
Remember The plague...Doubt
Why these seeds of doubt? Doubt disguised as fear really...
- A rational justification maybe...
- A lie or pack of lies...
A dark plague lurking beneath the surface, revealing a lack of...
- Faith...In God and what He is doing.
- Hope...In God and what He is doing.
- Love...For God and what He is doing.
Ultimately, this all boils down to a lack of my knowing His Extravagant Love for me. Believing His uncontainable Grace for and towards me.
My prayer for you dear friends...is that you find a yearning within the deepest recesses of your heart to respond to His, Abba’s, Daddy’s Extravagant Love… This is a place, His love, of sanctuary, of rest, of peace even though life seems to be raging out of control around you, OVERWHELMING you.
2 comments:
Nice blog Rob. I'm excited about the "next steps" meeting on Monday. Should be really good!
Great thoughts Rob. Something everyone needs to read and start to grasp. Looking forward to hearing your many thoughts on life and life with God.
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