Today's thought - 07 October 2026 (Time off)

 

How are you, my friend? I took a day off yesterday so that is why there were no posts yesterday. This year has had its fair share of trials and tribulations, and I just needed a break from all the noise. It was a good day. I had the privilege to spend time with my friends and just to enjoy their company is always good for my soul. We ended the day watching the new Spiderman movie and yes, I am a fan. It was really good and I must admit I love to just let something else fill my mind other than work, battles and the stuff that still continues as I fight for my little girl. It is days like these that I just miss my kids and look forward to a day when this is all finished and I can just have a normal day with everyone I love so much. So, yes today was close.

I love this verse in Romans 5, “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us”. I guess when life gets hard and I make mistakes and I get upset and I just want to go to war with all the crap that we face each day, this verse just brings that peace that only Jesus can give.

We have been made right by faith. Not by good works, or sinless lives, or being perfect, or flawless, or successful, or without mistakes – no – by faith. By what Jesus did on the cross. Not by might or by power, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I am everything but perfect and I make more mistakes than anyone, but I live by faith. I live by the Words of my Father, and I live by His grace. Do I get it right? Nope, but I know how to repent, and I know how to be grateful, and I know how to turn back to my Lord and to seek Him. I know that I cannot do this life thing on my own and I know that even though God feels distant some days, He never is.

I know that I need to be humble and I need to follow His voice and I know that I must work to keep my relationship with my Father always my priority. Through guilt and through shame and through anger and through loss and through pain and through all the lies. Through it all I consistently seek my Lord, and I know that I can do nothing without Him. Thus, I seek Him even more.

In Psalm 10:12 we read, “Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble”.

Sometimes we just need to take a moment and rest. We just need to step back and take a break. Let God renew you and restore you and realign you. Just as Spiderman realised that he cannot win his fight on his own and sometimes, he needs to just let someone in and share his burden, so is it important that we do not stand alone and that we spend time with like minded people. People who also seek God and people that will help us or maybe just listen and share our burden. Even though they cannot take it from us, because it remains our battle, at least they can listen and encourage us. That is why I do not have many close friends, but the few I have I know will always be there when I need them and I know that they are the ones who always pray for me, just as they are in my prayers. These people are equally important in my life as my prayer time in the morning. The difference being that God is always first.

So as Paul loving reminds us in Romans 5, “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love”.

So, do not worry my friend. God is always with you and He goes before you. He only wants the best for you and in the end, you will see what increasingly abundantly truly means.

Have an awesome day.