I've written before about the difference I see in JOY STRENGTH and SHEER JOY...the first is what I have sometimes experienced in the middle of life pain and turmoil. The second is just an overwhelming excitement at people, life, nature, and the ways of God in my world. Trusting God is vital in the first and a joyful response in the second.
This week my struggle is one I've had before, but it seems very poignant today: trusting God with other people. Oh, I've had practice at this...
--- sick children when I couldn't speak the language well enough to understand a doctor
--- leaving my 3 year old with a helper who spoke minimal English, for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week while I studied language
--- sending my 7th grader to boarding school 1000 miles from home
--- coping with results of addiction in our family
--- watching my husband decline and then have to be cared for by others
Even as I write this, I realize: God has always come through! And this week as I prayerfully place my friends in His hands, I know He's faithful, powerful, passionate about their care.
Whenever I am afraid I will trust in You, O Lord.
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