God Is Always With Us

  We all were pretty sick and tired of 2020, and many have written it off as a loss. It was a hard year that was wrought with it job losses, illness, death, isolation and loneliness. Unfortunately, 2021 is starting our with more of the same. It's hard to feel hope when nothing is changing except for the worst or things remain stagnant. 

            I started a journal of thankfulness at the end of December because this past year has been so hard on my emotional well-being. This exercise forces me to sit down everyday and count one blessing or one thing I'm thankful for and write about it. I have found it to be a rewarding and positive exercise.

            Before I made my entry for New Year's Day, I read Genesis 1:1 The Bible opens with the words "In the beginning God..." Those words ring with encouragement and hope. God was there at the very beginning and set everything in motion for creation of the world we live in. As I read that verse, I realized that God has engineered new beginnings in the rhythm of our lives. We get a new year in 365 days, a new month in roughly 30  days, and a new day in 24 hours. Each one of those is a clean slate, a new start to make of it what we want or can. 

            Corny you say? Not really, we cannot live in the past or change it, nor can we predict or live in the future. All we have is now. It is our chance for a fresh start and to move forward with thankfulness and  hope. I know it's especially hard now. The virus has touched and caused havoc in our lives or to someone in our lives. 

            Yet, we have hope that as God was in the beginning, He is now. He never changes. We are the ones who have changed. Many have rejected or become lukewarm toward God. Now there is concern that our legislative branches will legislate Him away. Regardless of what man tries to do, God will remain God and be here for those who truly seek Him. He is bigger than any person or power in our world.

            I encourage you to embrace this new year as a new beginning and spend time to get to know and trust the Lord our God. We can learn about Him by reading the Bible and spending time in prayer. We can also meet with other believers online so fell a sense of Christian community.


             Our circumstances will probably not change any time soon, but we can walk with God who will be comfort and hope for our future and our eternity. God will give us an eternal perspective so that we can look beyond what life throws at us and to a future with Him. 

            My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

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