Being Normal in Not So Normal Times

There comes a time when things go pretty much the same year after year, and then there comes a time such as we live in now. That’s when it becomes very hard to do the things that you ought to do.
But I can tell you this if you are normally a strong Christian or a fairly strong Christian, times such as the one we live in now, require that you not act the same way. What I mean is that the times such as the one we live in now, call for extra-strong measures. That means praying more than you ever have; it means giving thanks more than you ever have.

In essence, you will turn to the Lord more than you ever have, and what you will be doing is developing a new normal for the stringent times in which you find yourself. That is what you do when your current time taxes your faith past what you thought of as your utmost.

And then steps in ULTIMATELY, and peace begins to rein in your world. Often, the problem that we thought was insurmountable takes on a lesser urgency.

Not So Normal

For a case-in-point, if these times

Have resulted in the passing of a loved one

We, like David, have to "Look to the hills

From whence cometh our help."

And though the chariot has come and

Taken our loved one for a ride

We lift our eyes to the skies and remember

That God will wipe away

Every tear that we have cried.

And we know that one day

We will see the loved one

Who has just gone away.

And with GOD’s help, we are

Able to begin to adjust

To the change in our lives

Into which we have just been thrust

As we put our all in HIS hand

And look forward to strengthening

Our walk toward our Homeland

Where sorrow reins no more -

Across the way, on that other shore

Where "normal" will be the same

Forevermore.©

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Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones