God is with you – when it hurts

I know how it is.

I know what it is like.

Devastating news, painful memories, senseless decisions.

Life is surely painful and quips like “when life gives you lemons” will not do.

Hang on. Take a deep breath. You will get through it.

Let the days unfold and you will find that God is with you in it.

The tendency is to hurry, hurry, hurry. Fix this. Now.

Be patient because some things will not be fixed now. Some things will not be fixed until we see God.

You might be so overwhelmed you cannot go on.

Take time to rest. Then get back at it.

You’ve got this.

Because God’s got this.

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

– The Bible

It is very troubling to go through painful situations.

There is nothing you can do to prevent it.

You can learn to live with it. And the very best way to do that is to know God is with you.

The fact that God put a rainbow in the sky for a sign to all of us and telling us why it’s there, tells me He cares.

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