Storms Will Come

The Bible clearly tells us that storms will come. In John 16:33, Jesus states, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Humans have this innate need to feel protected against outside forces. We want to live in a country that has freedoms but also fairness in its laws, orphans want a family to belong to, when we are sick, we seek medicine, our cars and homes have insurance to protect against the unknown and spouses protect one another in marriage.

But when something goes wrong and it feels like there is no protection left, it can throw us into a desperate state. I personally felt this way during my divorce nine years ago. I remember waking up one morning and grabbing anything I could get my hands on. In that minute of panic, I knew I had lost of everything. I needed to feel something in my hands. It was all falling through my fingers because I had no hold on anything anymore. What would I do? Where would I go from here? The feeling of utter despair had been trying it’s very best to invade my soul. The best thing I knew to do was stand on God’s word and what he tells us. 2 Samuel 22:3 says this, “My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, you save me from violence.” I needed to get that last part into my soul and spirit deeply, the knowledge that God will save me from whatever I was going through.

I don’t know if you know this but for a woman, security is paramount, it is a very certain need that we have and without it we feel thrown to the wolves or a barren desert. It's a crazy thing but it is how God made us. That’s why the enemy attacks our security in so many ways in our lives. He hits us where it hurts. That is a lesson I learned a long time ago. He does NOT play fair. He goes for our weaknesses first and a woman without protection is weak. I was having that revelation through this experience. It was like an ongoing nightmare that I couldn’t wake up from. I married for life and now this… I had not prepared to be on my own and did not know how to go on. It was difficult every day to put one foot in front of the other. I continued attending church alone, believing his promises and what He wants for us in Psalm 23, I imagined the green pastures and the peaceful waters and I kept going.