The day was ‘off.’ It started that way and was indeed that way before we ever climbed out of bed. The fast moving heavy rain
storm of the evening before caused an hours-long power failure that lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. Throughout the night, there were continual sounds of household electronic equipment being suddenly brought to life during the on-again/off-again/on-again electricity fluctuations as the electrical workers diligently pressed forward in their efforts to restore power to the surrounding areas. We woke exhausted after a broken night of sleep.
This‘off-ness’ wasn’t content to remain in bed when I climbed out and proceeded to follow me as throughout the house as I went about my morning routine. There were spilled coffee grounds; a dropped item that resulted in the breaking of another dish; coffee cup remnants inadvertently dribbled all over the table; my foot run over by a refuse container; and misunderstanding through misinterpretation all within an hour of rising. What happened to the day I looked forward in anticipation to just last night?
As I cleaned up the messes and nursed my foot, I thought about how God never has ‘off’days and never changes.
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
I like to call him my God of absolutes because He’s an ‘all or nothing,’ ‘never or ever’ God. He doesn’t do anything half-way or even part of the way. He either does something fully or not at all. It is to this Absolute God that I can depend on to be my anchor - my rock of stability - whenever I have a day when things don’t seem to go the way I think they should, and even when they do. But perhaps it’s in the ‘off’ days that serve to act as a better reminder to me that He is constantly and consistently loving, faithful, unchangeable and unchanging, and an ever-present help. Absolutely!
Psalm 9:9-10 “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
(For more information about forming a relationship with the Lord of absolutes, see How You Can Find Him located at the top of this page.)
storm of the evening before caused an hours-long power failure that lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. Throughout the night, there were continual sounds of household electronic equipment being suddenly brought to life during the on-again/off-again/on-again electricity fluctuations as the electrical workers diligently pressed forward in their efforts to restore power to the surrounding areas. We woke exhausted after a broken night of sleep.
This‘off-ness’ wasn’t content to remain in bed when I climbed out and proceeded to follow me as throughout the house as I went about my morning routine. There were spilled coffee grounds; a dropped item that resulted in the breaking of another dish; coffee cup remnants inadvertently dribbled all over the table; my foot run over by a refuse container; and misunderstanding through misinterpretation all within an hour of rising. What happened to the day I looked forward in anticipation to just last night?
As I cleaned up the messes and nursed my foot, I thought about how God never has ‘off’days and never changes.
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
I like to call him my God of absolutes because He’s an ‘all or nothing,’ ‘never or ever’ God. He doesn’t do anything half-way or even part of the way. He either does something fully or not at all. It is to this Absolute God that I can depend on to be my anchor - my rock of stability - whenever I have a day when things don’t seem to go the way I think they should, and even when they do. But perhaps it’s in the ‘off’ days that serve to act as a better reminder to me that He is constantly and consistently loving, faithful, unchangeable and unchanging, and an ever-present help. Absolutely!
Psalm 9:9-10 “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
(For more information about forming a relationship with the Lord of absolutes, see How You Can Find Him located at the top of this page.)
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