Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he
will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Sarah was a cheerful, pleasant, person, who worked hard
to communicate in a culture that was quite foreign to her. She read books to
learn the language, watched TV to study the vernacular. She hired out to
families, taking care of babies as a newborn-nurse.
This young woman had put all her trust and all her hope
in the man she married. She looked to him for her every need. However there
were long hours, long nights, long weeks away from her new husband. She was far
away from family, friends, and almost anything familiar.
Things seemed as if they were going OK. Then they found
her, nearly dead….an attempted suicide with drugs and alcohol.
What really nearly killed her was disillusionment. Her
trust and hope had been crushed beyond anything she could cope with. She had
made her husband the ‘everything’ in her life; when he left her for someone
else her great giant hope for happiness crumbled.
People are just people; not perfect and not God. Sooner
or later people will say or do something that doesn't meet our expectations and
we will be disappointed. There is only One Hope that will never, ever fail us.
We can count on Him. Putting all our eggs in one basket will work only when the
basket is the Lord. There will never be a problem with Him not meeting our
standards or disappointing us. Jesus is, and will always be, there to trust and
lean on.
Dear Lord, help us put our trust completely in You. We
thank You for always being there for us for us to trust and lean on. In Jesus’
name, Amen.
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