Stabilize Your Universe

Hello Emmanuel,

Every calendar year has those transitional months that shifts our lives or redirect our paths.  It is August.  For our household, August is one of those months.  And it can be a stressful months as so much about our schedule changes.

Joey is in band camp and starts Cross Country practice.  Hope starts cheerleading (and cheerleading drama) this year (insert a ‘yea!’ here… sarcastically, of course).  School starts too, which means daily schedules all get busier.  Kids have to wake up earlier than 10:00 (tee hee) and lunches at home turn into packed lunches for school.  I will need to schedule meetings around athletic events and music concerts too.  Vacations end.  Homework begins.  And, for us, we will once again dive into the world of college visits.  This begins the lament of college bills.  They calendar cycle continues…

How do I cope, you ask? 

They key for the disciple is to keep an even keel with God through it all.  God is the most consistent part of our lives in every phase of our calendar year.  He was and is and will be.  Babies grow into teens which grow into adults.  Parents turn gray (or go bald).  We lose loved ones and gain new loved ones.  We make money.  We spend money.  We get things.  We get rid of things.  We have sad days.  We have happy days.  But as we experience the cycle of life, there is God…. The same God who was and is and will be.  He is a Blesser and a Comforter.  He is good.

 I encourage you to spend time with the one Consistent Being every day throughout your existence.  The foundation upon which you see life as mostly a gift and not mostly a stress is God who breathed life into you.  Even if it is a 2 minute time of prayer, create a daily reminder of whose you are.  Have a moment every day when you think about the One who doesn’t change, but stays consistent throughout all months, years and generations.  Lean on the One who brings stability to the Universe.

I find that when I do, transitional months like Augusts become a whole lot more fun.

God is Good,

Pastor Joe

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