There's Always a Light

Do you ever feel like you're constantly stuck in the dark?
That life is never going the way you want it to?
It's always "your season" of life?

Today as I was going to Little Rock and back, it rained off and on the entire drive there and back.
In my head I thought, this is life. Right here, right now during this drive.
Life is constantly in and out of rainy seasons.
Life is a constant roller coaster.
It's not stagnant, it's up and down, it's rainy and sunny.
If life stayed the same all the time how would we make mistakes? How would we learn? How would we challenge ourselves? How would we challenge others? How would we grow?
We wouldn't. This is why Christ gives us obstacles, challenges, and trials.

Sometimes when you feel stuck in the rainy season or in the dark you don't see the way out.
You don't know how to get out.
Until you see it. You see the light.
You finally see the light that Christ has placed in front of you.
He never leaves you, even in the darkness He walks beside you.
He guides you to the light. His light.
His promises will never fail us. We never have to go through life alone.
Even in the dark, there's hope.
Hope takes faith.
And faith brings light.

"The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them."
~Isaiah 9:2

"For God, who said, 'Light shall shine out of darkness,' is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ."
~2 Cor. 4:6

"Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.'"
~John 8:12

Hands

I wrote this a few weeks ago at a 9:06 service at the Wesley Foundation here at Arkansas Tech. It came into my head during our reflection time and I had to put my thoughts down. These thoughts literally came out of nowhere, so I know that the Lord put them into my head to be put on paper and to be shared. Just goes to show that Christ is always in control of all your thoughts and He places things into your head for a reason. Hope you all enjoy what my Savior put on my heart that evening.

Hands are used for many things. They are there to help. To pick us up as well as others. To serve Christ and help others. To place things in. To give gifts, money, or even hugs. They're there to help hold the weight that someone else cannot carry. They're meant to be folded in prayer. Used to spend time with our Creator. The hands are there to be offered, offered for anything or anyone who could possibly need them. To care for. Sometimes do you ever think about the hands and what they could and can do? Look at them. What do you see? I see many uses. Uses that some aren't always blessed with. How do you use them? What do you use them for? Think about it. You have two for a reason, for a purpose that God created. Use them.