the wind an earthquake and a fire...

Sometimes life sucks!
Sometimes if feels like there is no hope and there is no way out…
Sometimes it feels like the darkness is all there is and that the light doesn’t exist…
Sometimes it feels like God has forgotten about us and we’re all alone…

Maybe you’ve been feeling like this lately…
Maybe you’ve forgotten what it’s like to be happy…
Maybe bitterness has overtaken you…
Maybe you feel betrayed…

You might be asking,
“why should I continue? why should I keep going? life seems impossible right now and I don’t know where to go…”

I want to encourage to not give up though…

Elijah had come to a very similar point in his life too…
He wanted to die…
He even asked God to take his life…
Evil people were out to kill him and he had no where to turn…
But God heard his prayers…
And this is what happened…

“The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”

I hope you find as much hope in this as I do…
To know that God will work things out…even though it seems like an earthquake and a great fire are tearing us up God will still speak to us in that still small voice…

Don’t quit going my friends…
God has huge plans for you and He loves you so much…


- Joe