Only lately have I realized that I’m on this amazing faith journey. I ran into a friend yesterday on the train, and she was so excited about it being one more day until her last day at work. The last time we sat together on the train, she shared with me how miserable she was at work. This has been a while now, and I guess she was miserable enough to resign. As we were both getting off the train within a minute, our conversation had to be quick. When I asked her what she had lined up, she said, nothing, but there was a clear excitement in her voice. She said she was now on a faith journey and was trusting God to lead her life. Wait, what? That’s exactly where I was! Something major happened last year in her life and she realized she had hit rock bottom, and she chose how to react. Something major had happened in my life as well, and I had to choose how to react and whether I was going to trust God no matter what.
By the way, let me say this, ‘the struggle is also real’ on the other side. I have another friend, who I was having a very similar conversation with earlier in the day. She hit rock bottom a few years ago, and while she grew up in a Christian home learning that we should trust God, she shared with me that now she doesn’t believe that there’s really a God or things just happen. We come into this life, we either grow old or not, and then we die, with nothingness after. I fully disagree because I’ve seen where God has taken me from and where He’s brought me. But it’s not up to me to change her heart, all I can do is live the way God has called me to live, and let Him do the work.
Some thing has stuck with me over the years, and as I’ve gone through life, it rings truer every day. When boiling waiter hits an egg, a carrot and coffee, they all handle it very differently. The egg, which was before soft, becomes hard; the carrot, which was hard, becomes soft, and easily breakable. However, the coffee changes the water, and that’s how the flavor is brought out.
Lord, help me to love you no matter what, and no matter what the circumstances. Help me to praise you no matter what I’m going through. I’ve seen that no matter the situation, when the praises go up, the blessings come down. Help me to stop and count my blessings in everything, whether good or bad. Lord, help me to be the coffee, that when put through trials, that I may come out stronger and bolder than when I went in. Thank you for your many blessings.