Expect Miracles, to be sure - but they Don't Happen Every Time you want them

Sometimes, we don't get a chance to get things straightened out on our timeline. Sometimes God moves the pieces on the board before we are ready. These disappointments and interruptions are a part of life's journey that we all take, but this does not make these moments any easier. Previously, I sent a message out concerning a Lazarus moment with my mother. Yesterday, I found out that my Uncle John has moved on to heaven over the weekend. 

Psalms 56:1-2, 8-13 (Amplified)

¹ Be merciful and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.

² They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up or trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High!

^.....

⁸ You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

⁹ Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me.

¹⁰ In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise,

¹¹ In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹² Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You and give You thank offerings.

¹³ For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living.

Loss is a part of life for every single one of us. It teaches us the importance of now. I have always assumed that I had some more time to mend relationships, apologize, forgive, and to be forgiven. The sense of unfinished business can be a particularly difficult one. What we need to remember is actually a simpler question - did I give and receive Love?  There were things that I wanted to do and say, to be sure. However, I CAN say for sure that we did have and show not only the family love, but also the Agape Love (v8) for one another.  

I think that most of us have been in a valley when it seems that rocks are raining down on our heads as we try to press forward. At such moments, it is too easy to take your eyes off the path and feel the pain of the rocks rather than the strength of His Hand (v11-12) on our shoulder. Grief is, of course, a process - to be sure. But it is VERY important to remember that His Love is a constant, not a process. I lean and depend on His Love to hold me up.

Blessings,

Bryan