We Are Safe In His Hands

No matter what I am going through, no matter how big the obstacle or pain in my life, no matter how impossible the situation and no matter how tired I am, He gives me strength and....I find comfort in knowing I am safe in His Hands.

Lately as I have been reading the Word, I have found such comfort. I know the Jesus I am reading about who walked with men upon the earth is the same Jesus who walks with me today.
He calms me in the storm, He comforts me when I feel alone, He silences me when I need to be silent, He knows and understands, He understands what I need more than I do.

When I am in doubt, I realize it is a trust issue with me. I know He is able and I know His hands are bigger than mine and His shoulders are broader. So all I need to do is trust. I know if I am feeling cold in my walk, I need to stop, perhaps to fast and to pray. At times I know without a doubt I need to just get alone with His word and He speaks to me in the midst of the storms of my life.

So many times I see miracles in my everyday life, in the way I am calm when chaos is all about me. When I have heard bad news or someone doesn't respond the way I expect them too. Sometimes His miracles are not Huge, Miraculous, Heart Stopping. Sometimes He speaks in that wee small voice and calms the storm.

When I struggle as we are teaching the boys in our home and I can't seem to get through to one of them, I just drop to my knees beside the bed. I pray and sometimes I just remind God that He brought the boys to us, He loves them, He knows what they need and how inadequate I am without Him. I just thank Him that when I don't know what to do.... He does and only He can change them. It never fails, I always see Him move.

When I am helping to care for my mother and I see how frail and weak she has become. I see the struggle for independence and the frustation she feels because she has no choice but to depend on others. When she gives me another tongue lashing, I ask God to help me give her grace and He does, He increases my love for her. She can be so unthankful and we were never really close, but I have such compassion for her, I know that too is a miracle He has performed.

So as I travel this journey with I have learned the hard way to get out of the way and let God take control. Sometimes I hinder Him and that is the last thing I want to do. I pray He continues to change me, to help me to be the mother He wants me to be, the friend He wants me to be, the Employee He wants me to be, the person He created me to be. I just wanna be the woman He intended for me to be. I know He is able and I pray I give up and let Him take control in my life in all things.