When The “Day” Is Hard…

“For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.”-Isaiah 41:13

Some days are just hard.  Someone we love leaves for Heaven, our children grow up and move on, we lose a job or a home, someone we care about hurts us deeply, the list is endless…And although others may feel their hardships are harder than ours’, our hardships are hard to us!  But through it all, Jesus walks with us.  And at times, when needed, He carries us ?

One important thing to remember when we are having a difficult day is that some things are supposed to be hard.   And we are supposed to feel badly about them because they are hard.  But if we let them, they often bring us closer to God.  And that is the silver lining ?.

“Wrestling with our deepest pain is hard.  But if the Bible doesn’t hide stories about suffering, neither should we.”-YouVersion 

I’ve struggled with a series of serious health issues most of my life.  Too say that my younger years were difficult would be an understatement.  To say that my older years are difficult would also be an understatement.  My youngest daughter just moved to her own apartment.  It may be exactly what she should do, but it is still not easy. For 28 years, I have had a child at home, this will be a big change.  My mother is in hospice and I just lost my job…And this is only a partial list! But when we share some of the difficulties we have faced, we let others do the same!

I share this because through all these “hard” days, God has never left me. And I share this so each person will know, hardships are not an indication of God’s Love. God loves me!  Jesus has walked with me and carried me when needed and the Holy Spirit has comforted me.  And Mary has hugged me And I am so very grateful!  ?. 

Hardship is not a “sign” that God has left me (or anyone else), He’s right here, walking through it all with me.  And I am deeply grateful, for the “silver lining” that has always been the Faith that God has given me.  For when we lose one thing, God gives us another-if we let Him ?

Do not fear hardships.  Thanks to God, for those who follow Christ, they will always lead somewhere beautiful and good – because God loves us ?.