What’s up? How are you doing? Killed any giants lately? Are you rolling with the punches (hail stones)? Started building your ark? Okay, that’s enough. I think I made my point.
Remember that song we sang when we were kids? “Row, Row, Row, Your Boat.” If you are fifty years old or older, you probably sang it. I did. It was an ok song. You know, one of those feel-good songs.
But I’ve come to realize that that song is somewhat misleading. The lyrics say, “Life is but a dream.” Really? The song implies that one will only experience blue skies sunshine, and calm waters.
Reality says that life can be a nightmare. Floods, hailstorms, tornadoes, train wrecks and car wrecks, disease and disaster, loneliness and emptiness.
I hope your little boat (your life) is gently floating down the stream. If it is, that’s wonderful. Enjoy it. Be grateful. Don’t take it for granted. Ride it out as long as it lasts.
But there is a good chance it won’t last forever. It didn’t for Job. Remember poor Job? The Bible said he was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil (Job 1:1). Everything was going his way. His family was great. He had oxen, donkeys, sheep, and servants. It was said that Job was the greatest man among all the people in the East.
Then the bottom fell out. He lost everything – children, livestock, health.
How did Job respond to his tragedy? He said, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord,” (Job 1:21).
Let me close by saying: Yes, life is full of storms. Few if any will be able to avoid them. But here’s the good news. God’s children win in the end. Don’t take my word for it, take God’s word for it!
To Live is Christ,
Bro. Danny