The answer, is actually very simple. I think.. without it, I would have given up a long time ago.
The world can take away alot of things from us. Blood, sweat and tears - and yes, the memory of O's still haunt me up to this very day (though it was not that long ago, I am simply just trying to emphasize how horrible it was) - schoolwork, homework, pressure, problems .. they are really taxing, aren't they? Yet.. yet we can still rejoice, because we know that the one thing the world cannot take away from us is the one thing that matters -- the love of God.
And it is through His love, that we are able to find everlasting joy. (although, I admit I haven't exactly found it completely there are some days where I fall and feel terribly emo) but you know, whenever you just feel down. He is the greatest comfort of all (: No matter what troubles we face, God is there watching over us.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
A minister passing through his church in the middle of the day decided to pause by the altar and see who had come to pray. Just then the back door opened, a man came down the aisle, the minister frowned as he saw that the man hadn't shaved in awhile. His shirt was kinda' shabby and his coat was worn and frayed. The man knelt, bowed his head, then arose and walked away.
In the days that followed each noontime came this chap and each time he knelt just for a moment, a lunch pail in his lap. Well, the minister's suspicions grew, and robbery was his main fear. He decided to stop the man and ask him, "Watcha' doing' here?"
The old man worked down the road. Lunch was half an hour. Lunchtime was his prayer time, for finding strength and power. "I stay only moments, see, 'cause the factory is so far away; As I kneel here talking to the Lord, this is kinda' what I say: "I just came again to tell You, Lord, how happy I've been, since we found each other's friendship and You took away my sin. I don't know much of how to pray, but I think about You every day. So, Jesus, this is Jim checking in." The minister feeling foolish told Jim, that was fine. He told the man he was welcome to come and pray just anytime. Time to go, Jim smiled, said "Thanks." He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar, he'd never done it before. His cold heart melted, warmed with love, met with Jesus there. As the tears flowed, in his heart, he repeated old Jim's prayer: "I just came again to tell You, Lord, how happy I've been, since we found each other's friendship and You took away my sin. I don't know much of how to pray, but I think about You every day. So, Jesus, this is me checking in."
It was past noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim hadn't come. As more days passed without Jim, he began to worry.
He went to the factory and asked about Jim and found out he was ill. The hospital staff was worried, but he'd given them a thrill. The week that Jim was with them, brought changes in the ward. His smiles, a joy contagious. Changed people, his reward. The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was so glad, When no flowers, calls or cards came, not a visitor he had. The minister stayed by his bed, he voiced the nurse's concern: No friends came to show they cared. He had nowhere to turn.
Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a winsome smile; "The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know, that all the while everyday at noon He's here, a dear friend of mine, you see, He sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me: "I just came again to tell you, Jim, how happy I have been, since we found this friendship, and I took away your sin. I always love to hear you pray, I think about you each day, and so Jim, this is Jesus checking in."
There really is not much I can say because . His love for us is simply indescribable. That He is with us, every single step we take.
He is before us - to lead us.
He is behind us - to guide us.
He is above us - to watch us.
He is below us - to catch us, when we fall.
So. (: Haha! Actually I don't really know what the point of my entry is, now that I've come to truly think about it. Hahaha. Oh well.. let us go out there, and truly keeping walking in the light of the Lord (:
In God's love,
tess
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