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Leslie Molbert Dame
The most critical thing I have learned through my circumstances is that in order to endure, in order to be able to hold tight to my hope each day, in order to believe when to others I must seem silly: I must cling to His word. There are moments each day (a multitude of them) when I am faced with fear, or discouragement, or sadness, or anger... And in these moments, I can call upon the Words of God that remind me to hope, that I am promised a future, that nothing can separate me from His love, that I am precious to Him - adopted into His family, that I can do all things, that His truth sustains me, that His words accomplish what they set out to accomplish, that He heals. I do this all day long. I say it aloud. I think it. I write it. I am learning what it means to meditate on His words. And I am so full of peace and strength when I do this... I wish it hadn't taken something like cancer to open the eyes of my heart. After all, how can we as children perservere when things seem impossible if we do not know what God promises? That he indeed who He says He is. That He can do what He says He can do. That we are who He says we are. That through Him we can do all things, and that His words, His promises are alive today in us. We must know His truths in order to endure. They are there for the taking! And that in itself is a gift. |
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