Advent - We Have Found The KingNäide

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie Ten Boom

Many of us set goals, whether it be for a project, a job, a school year, or a calendar year; we set goals to push and measure ourselves. When goals are met we feel a sense of accomplishment, when they are not we try to assess what went wrong or how we can do better. Many of us (I know I do) can beat ourselves up over the unreached goals and overlook what we have achieved.

In times of beating ourselves up, dwelling on failures and unachieved goals, or determining why we don’t quite measure up, what tends to be overlooked is the big picture. God is on his throne and He is control! For a statement so powerful and true, it is easy to forget that. As it states in the passage for Job:

“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the earth.”

I chose this passage for this project because I (and I’m sure others) needed to be reminded of this. Despite all the distractions, temptations, and congestion life in this world flails at us, there is Peace waiting for and available to us.

Let us not forget when life becomes overwhelming and we just need to take a break or take time for ourselves about the Peace in God that we have this holiday season or any season in our lives. For only through God we will achieve the true Peace we are looking for.

Brian Street, Resident Director, Gettys Hall