Those who know me well will not be surprised to hear that this endeavor is causing me a bit of angst as I approach it with squinched-up eyes apprehensively wondering what God will bring me since I've committed to be thankful in all circumstances. My fellow glass-half-empty, cynical friends will understand where I am going with this. Pollyanna, I am not, but sadly Eeyore would more likely be my literary character match. So every day when I snap that picture, a little voice in the back of my mind questions, "When will the "bad" come?" What will He bring me first? Accident? Diagnosis? Heartbreak? It shames me to even have to admit those thoughts but it leads to my thankful moment of today. I am always humbled and amazed by the living, active Word of God that does not return void. I am studying Hebrews with my wonderful Bible study ladies at church and today's passage was the prelude to the "Faith Chapter"- Hebrews 10:32-11:3. In discussing the days when they endured sufferings, the author states, "you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward." They joyfully accepted the plundering of their property?? What??? Oh my, I so would have written that another way! But that was the salve that the Living, Holy God of the universe extended to me today-I have a better and abiding possession! I am a redeemed daughter of the King and that is grace beyond measure. I can't throw away the confidence that is the very gift of Christ by contemplating all the worries of this world. By faith I continue to consider Christ and to rest in the faith that He gives which is "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
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