Blogs to Bolster the Broken

Is the successful life we’ve been chasing after all along elusive? From failure to tragedy and all the difficulties in between, so many things discourage us. If only we could know the right steps. There’s a simplicity to this that’s just as mysterious. We can let God in to live through us. Allow Him to do the work, create the vision unique to each of us, and fulfill it.

Life’s ups and downs can be challenging. It’s good, and then it’s bad. We lose, and then we gain. Security is achieved, and then becomes unclear. We love and laugh, and we get hurt and cry. This is a sampling of the difficult earthly life we walk. There seems to be no surety, no steady journey upward toward a concrete goal, at least not by what’s seen.

People are joining forces or turning against one another as seeds of suspicion are sown. But these seeds, even if taken root, can’t grow enough to choke out God’s power and will. This is a spiritual battle, and it’s not for us to fight. God is at work.

Rather than exerting all our efforts into making perfect lives for our children, which is impossible, let’s instead stand on faith when things go awry. When our children face the many difficulties that life will introduce them to, it would be most important that they know Who to turn to and Who to lean on for strength and peace. God is the only One who can help them endure and thrive.