Hold Tightly to Jesus
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and
today and forever. – Hebrews 13:8
Life is all about changes. The days may sometimes feel
like they are covered in sameness but the reality is that change can send us reeling
without a moment’s notice.
People can be so fickle. One day you’re surrounded by “friends,”
secure in the knowledge that you have found your tribe. Then you find out that
it was never about you but about what you could offer them. You’ve probably
been there. People think the world of you until they no longer need you.
It hurts, doesn’t it? Even if you suspected all along,
it still leaves a scar. You know in your mind that they’re the lesser for it,
that they were never true friends, but for a moment in time you thought you might
belong.
Have you ever thought you’d spend forever with someone
only to see them walk away? It hurts, doesn’t it? There’s a deep core sadness,
a lingering distrust. People make promises and break them all the time. You
just never thought it would happen to you.
Maybe you poured your life into your career. You’ve
worked hard. You thought you’d always have a job, always be secure. Until one
day your company decided to downsize and you find out you’re one of the ones
without a job. You devoted yourself to a company that didn’t care about you
like you cared about it.
There are so many times in life when circumstances
send us reeling. Sometimes it’s a catastrophic event, such as a death or a
storm or a lingering illness. Other times it’s betrayal.
Betrayal comes in all forms. Sometimes it’s working
hard on a project only to have your co-worker take all the credit. Sometimes it’s
telling someone something in confidence only to have them tell everyone your
secret. Sometimes it’s getting blamed for something you didn’t do and having
people turn against you.
I am so thankful that Jesus never changes. He’s always
the same. Honest. Trustworthy. Dependable. Jesus loves me with a love I can’t
begin to comprehend. He loves you just the same.
Today there are people waking up to nothing but
devastation. There are people walking around with broken hearts so shattered
that no amount of glue can fix them. There are people who are sick and trying
to forge ahead. There are people who have just buried a child, lost a parent,
or gone through a divorce.
I saw a Facebook post that reminded people to be kind
and show grace and mercy. Tempers can get short when our world has been destroyed.
We lash out and that creates an avalanche of unintended consequences. Everyone
is hurting in some way. Everyone has lost something or someone. Everyone faces
things we can’t see.
Jesus sees. He knows. He offers us love and compassion
with no limit. I don’t know what you’re going through today. But trust in
Jesus. He is your rock when the world seems to be out of control. He is your
everything when your world turns into rubble. Trust Him.
Jesus never changes. When you can’t hold on to
anything else, when you can’t seem to find anyone you can trust, hold tightly
to that. Hold tightly to Jesus.
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