Immanuel

December 20, 2021

No matter the overwhelm - God is greater.
No matter the fear - God’s perfect love is greater.
No matter the obstacle - God is able to make a way.
No matter the schedule - God’s timing is perfect.

No matter the -
situation
circumstance
preference
expectation
external appearance …

God is at work… continuing in GRACE to work in and through us the beautiful gift of sanctification.

When we feel stuck - or like we can’t take another step… could it be - GRACE… allowing us to hunker down low and be refreshed, renewed, restored. Not necessarily in the WAY we’d prefer - but under the GRACE and provision of God.

May we find strength to keep our chins held high… knees bent low. Remembering the call and promise of God to His beloved. “I am with you - ALWAYS.”

May we find strength to eagerly let God in where before - we may have suffered alone.

May we always remember - “He is with us - ALWAYS - even unto the ends of the earth!”

May our down time be raw time and -
May we be slow to judge others, ourselves, and our situation too harshly.
May GRACE carry us through the harsher sanctification times. Nothing lasts forever….

And even as the fears and tears of both joy and overwhelm start and stop…

May we always remember: “Immanuel - God with us…” God, himself, came in the form of a humble baby body, born into lowly circumstances, to the least of these… nothing about the timing or situation was ideal or preferred…

And yet….

And yet…. THIS is the mystery that infuses HOPE into our own less-than-ideal, raw, emotional situations!!

Immanuel