Psalm 34:8 (ESV)
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the
man who takes refuge in him!
Everywhere you look near Valentine's Day, there's
chocolate: boxes of chocolate in all the stores, chocolate on tv promising to
be the only love you need, chocolate girl scout cookies--CHOCOLATE! I think
that's what led me to remember the famous quote from Forrest Gump: "Life
is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get."
In reality, that phrase can be true in many ways. We wake
up every morning completely unsure of what the day may hold for us. We've made
our plans. Sometimes they even happen the way we make them. But we never know
for sure, do we?
The days that come with caramel in the middle are my
favorite. The ones with the strawberry goo are just so so--but the ones with
coconut--YUCK! I'd rather go back to bed. Then there's the days where tragedy
or difficult times come out of nowhere, and the chocolate sits in the pantry
untouched...there's no sweetness to be had in those moments.
God knows that life as it pertains to circumstances is
uncertain for us. That's why He comforts us and reminds us so many times that
He is our constant companion, our steadfast friend, our consistently loving God
and Savior. He doesn't keep promises the way we do:
You see, no matter what chocolate we are "in the
middle of" right now, He is there--with the certainty of His promise today
as well as His hope of heaven in the future
We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason
to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable
spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of
God where Jesus.
I love the visual picture of grabbing on to Him with both
hands as He runs ahead of me to the Father. That makes me able to get up today
and praise Him for whatever comes my way. This faith, this confidence, this
hope is our unbreakable spiritual lifeline--HIS love for us no matter what,
when, how or why. Let's binge on His priceless box of chocolates today...the
sweetest and most satisfying of them all.
Dear Lord, we thank You for Your promise that You are
always there with us no matter the chocolate filling we are going through. In
the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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