A Flash of Lightning

January 7th.

TODAY. Crazy day, but the LORD has me in His hands! Praise!

"Henri Nouwen confessed that when he met with Mother Teresa of Calcutta, he started explaining all his problems as soon as they sat down. For ten minutes, he tried to convince her how complicated they were. When he was finally quiet, Mother Teresa said, 'Well, when you spend one hour a day adoring your Lord and never do anything you know is wrong...you will be fine.' Henri knew she had given him an answer 'from aboe-- from God's place and not the place of my complaints. Mother Teresa's answer was like a flash of lightning in my darkness.' Our setbacks, struggles, doubts, and insecurities can enmesh us in several complications. We want solutions. We want practical answers. A simple answer 'from above' often strikes us as irrelevant to the problem, as it did at first to Henri Nouwen. He advises, 'Your life, my life, is given graciously by God. Our lives are not problems to be solved but journeys to be taken with Jesus as our friend and finest guide.'"

1 Peter 5:7 (ONE OF MY FAVORITES!) says, "Humble yourselves under the MIGHTY power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. Give ALL your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you." How amazing that we-- as people, so weak and ungrateful-- are still loved and given everything by our precious LORD and Savior!