Having just returned from vacation, I wanted to catch up with a young lady we know who is going through all kinds of trials. The details I will give of her situation will be vague, except that her world has crashed around her and one problem seems to domino into another. Despite terrific pressure and disappointment, I have marvelled at her incredible resolve and her ability to cope. In all of it, as she has testified to me, she has learned to trust in God because there is nowhere else to go. Her faith has sustained her, and her hope lies in the things that are impossible to man. Her daily prayer is for strength to go on and her prayers continue to be answered.
Yesterday I also spoke with another woman whose world is crashing around her. Although the details are different the pressures are comparable. She wept deeply as I counselled her and my heart broke as she told me that she prays, every night, that she will die in the night and not wake up.
As I thought about these women - and I care about them both - I realized one significant difference is how they approach God. One has a personal relationship with God and recognizes Him as the sustainer of all life and gives us a reason to live. The second is a woman who believes in God, but doesn't truly know Him and sees Him as an outsider looking in.
There is a wonderful prayer chorus that says,
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus;
Look full in His wonderful face...
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace".
Let's look at Jesus' face in all of our trials, because being in His presence brings a great level of perspective. Jesus is so personal that He came to be like us, to die for us and then He ascended into Heaven to represent us. His desire is not to be an outsider looking in, but to be personal, living inside of us so that we can cope with what's going in the world.
Please pray for these two lovely women.
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