Clarity

Clarity is a fleeting occurance in my life. Normally my thoughts are fairly muddled with the things that I want to accomplish, the things that I failed to accomplish and trying to sort out how to respond to both.  With things at work being so difficult last year, my attempt to become a "runner", and God really stirring things up in my life through my guys on Monday nights, life has been far from clear. It's been celebration followed by near liquidation, acceleration followed by stress fracturization, and affirmation followed by consternation.  In other words, I have found that the paved road of life definitely has its potholes.

But clarity hit me today. And it is with me now, so I thought I better get it down somewhere for posterity sake.  Knowing it is likely to be gone soon. So, without further adieu...



There is no where to hide from God's love.

That's it. I've said it many times over the last year....countless times in my lifetime...but today I felt it.  Today, I realized that it is so.

Life takes us from here to there, then back again. It lifts us up and tosses us aside. It makes you feel good about some of the bad decisions you have made and it can throw it back in your face on some of your good decisions.

But the irrepressible, unstoppable, unfathomable love of God will not halt or falter.  It will not fade. It is always our greatest asset.

See, no matter the time that might have passed, the circumstances you find yourself in now, the uncertainty of tomorrow's challenges, God will remain.

So whether you talk with Him regularly...or whether you talk with Him at all.  His love is permanent. Unchanging. Perfect.  He loves you just as much today as he did yesterday, or 13 years ago, or a lifetime from now. There is amazing freedom in that knowledge, freedom to live free of doubt.

Today. I realize that I am nothing without the love of God. Today I also realize that His love can span time and make the emptiness disappear.  And the knowledge of His love...manifested in many ways...is my clarity today.

May the Lord bless you and keep you
May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you
May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you

And give you His love!