chaos.
twisting funnel clouds
invisible
spreading panic
swirling doom--
are you caught up in the winds?
are you buffeted by the gusts?
feet out from under you
flat on your back
staring up
helplessly
hopelessly
at a black sky of despair.
-
so this is what it is.
so this is what it's come to.
heavy hearts
cold tears
ravaged minds.
disparaged souls.
-
has the enemy plundered your spirit?
has the winter wind dried out your hope?
have you been conquered by the icy waters?
have you been suffocated by the driving rain?
-
do you feel that you're drifting
lost and alone
on an endless sea of uncertainty?
do you feel that you're plodding
wearily, weakly,
into the onset of merciless winds?
dead on your feet
dead tired on your feet
giving every last shred
of shredded faith
just to make the next step?
just to make the next breath?
-
-
be reassured.
breathe.
you will get through this storm.
you will weather these waves.
you will break through these winds.
even when your broken feet
fall out from under you
and the sky cracks over you
and crashes down
upon your broken body--
you will yet stand
and walk
and run
and fly
again.
not because you have magical feet
or magical bones
or a magical spirit--
but because you have a real
powerful
honest-to-goodness
God.
-
the winds you face
are the winds He put there.
the waves you fear
are the waves He put there.
the chaos
the tumult
the unknown
the blackness--
yes
it is scary.
but that doesn't mean
you have to be scared.
-
you serve a good God
Who creates the waves.
Who conducts the winds
and sends them where He wills.
and so perhaps this uncertainty
is not for torment
or fear.
perhaps this uncertainty
is simply to remind you:
-
even in the chaos,
your Savior is here. 💚✝️
