That Day

On that very day and day by day, I have known this to be true and have lived in the grace of this simple declaration:

" On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased."

 - Psalm 138:3 (ESV)

Who among us does not walk in the midst of trouble?

Yet, who among us and reading this has not survived such trouble?

Indeed, we walked in the midst and were preserved. We are alive to testify that not all trouble takes away our life or our reason to live. It is God's purpose for which we live and are alive ... and in His purpose, we thrive.

He has fashioned us for the brief moment we live and will lovingly and faithfully write the final chapter of our lives ... and a chapter that resounds with grace and love and joy.

We are not yet done. We are a people of purpose, beloved and not forsaken.

" Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands."

Psalm 138:7-8 (ESV)