Faithful Incidences
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“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
“Thank you for being faithful in visiting my mom.” She responded after I had texted her that I had spent time with her mom in the nursing home. I have tried to make regular visits with several people in the later stages of their lives. I want them to know they are not forgotten and that someone will listen to them and pray with them. Visiting with people has been a gift God has given to me since the beginning of my ministry. I receive such a blessing from them. This past week when I visited, God allowed me to connect with people I did not expect to see. God blessed me with extra hugs.
I have been regular in my morning runs for the past twenty-five years. It is my prayer time and quiet time with God. It is also my exercise time. I want to be consistent in my time with God and caring for my body which is God’s temple. It is also giving myself grace when I do not run my normal pace or take a day off occasionally. God always blesses me with the beauty of His creation in sunrises, clouds, deer, birds, and the feel of the breeze. God is faithful in showing up and providing a God incident each morning!
Recently, I spoke with a Grief Support group. The people were grieving at different stages, but everyone in the room understood grief and loss. They were faithful in their love even in death and faithful in their grief by acknowledging the depth of their feelings in the loss. They were steadfast in love. To be steadfast means to be loyal, devoted, steady and true. Love never comes to an end. In that group, one person was grieving the loss of her husband, and her husband and mine had known each other and worked together on the Highway Patrol. It connected us not only in grief but in the stories of life. God is faithful and provides incidents that could only be created by God.
When we eat a meal at a restaurant, we try to support locally owned “mom and pop” restaurants. After our recent visits to the nursing homes, we stopped at a nearby local restaurant to have an early dinner. As we were sitting at the table, in walked a special couple that I had been praying for over the past months because of her health issues. What a blessing to hug them and share updates and connect together. This was no coincidence, but a God-incident that God had orchestrated. All that day God kept putting in my path people I would have never expected to see.
So, I share all these incidences to remind you and me about God’s steadfast love, mercy and faithfulness. Even in our grief, change, and loss, we can witness the faithfulness of God. God never leaves us, gives up on us, never rejects us, and always walks with us. God is faithful even when we do not see it. God is faithful to His will not our desires.
“God’s got the best set of crayons,” commented my friend, Sandy to the picture of the trees in our backyard which you now see beside this blog. God continues to paint the sunrises, the sunsets, and the beauty of the fall trees. They are new every day if we just pay attention to the beauty of nature all around us. God never wavers in giving to His children. God never stops being tender hearted and compassionate. God is always faithful.
As we experience change, loss, and the brokenness of life, it is difficult to see beyond the hurt and pain that God is steadfast in His love and faithful in His mercy. It is when we focus only on the negativity of the past, we become blind to the blessings of the past that continue in the present. God’s grace, mercy, and love are new every morning. That is, each day we receive an abundance of love and grace from God. God reminds us that He is always with us, never leaves us, and is faithful with His love and blessings. It is releasing to God each day and trusting that God will show up in the most unexpected ways.
Look for God’s faithfulness in your life. God has been faithful in the past and will continue to be in the present. Look for God-incidences today!
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