Into His Arms

A few posts ago, I talked about a big decision I needed to make in my life to further grow in the current trials of my life. I shared vaguely the difficulty that came with that decision. Over this past month, I have experienced some major decision making on things for my summer, my career, and even reference my life here at college. Something that has blown me away through it all is the comfort of the all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-present God, my Father. We each have a point in our lives or will eventually where we do not feel we can hold on any longer. There may be doubt of ever being able to overcome a habit, mindset, cycle, or any trial you face. For me, this feeling has been ever so real during my Junior year here at college.

There were plenty of times I completely broke down in tears either with a close friend or with God. I felt weak, incapable, unqualified, and unprepared for many of the trials that I faced. How could I overcome such hardship? Why am I having to face it anyways? How can any good come of this? You see, it is so easy to forget in the dark what God told me in the light. When all is going great, we can easily remember the promises of God. We can easily remember His love, patience, and freeing grace that is freely offered to us. When things in life are comfortable, we want it to stay that way; but, when the nights become longer, sleep becomes restless, mind fills with anxiety, etc. the promises of God are so easily pushed into the lesser priority folder in our brain.

We then scrounge around for answers to our struggles or try to find anything to give us comfort. We want comfort and healing so bad but forget the one place it is found. We forget to look to the one who spoke the world into motion, who has the hairs on your head numbered, the grains of sand numbered, and the stars named, every one of them. How can we find comfort in anyone but the God who did all of this?

In a world where it is hard to find genuine people to confide in and trust with our vulnerabilities; there is a God so powerful, comforting, and incapable of letting you down. There is a Father who takes care of His children and loves them with an everlasting love. When I say I am weak, Gods says He is strong. When I say I am incapable, God says He is capable. When I say I am unqualified, He says that He is qualified. When I say I am unprepared, God says He is prepared.

Like a father who sees his daughter cry, God stands there mourning with you arms wide open and ready to embrace you with the hug you need and the shoulder to cry on. He may use others even in your path to be His hands and feet. I can think of some very specific people in my life who have been nothing less than a gift straight from God in the way they support, push, and love me. My God is such an amazing Father. He sees every bit of my pain. He is near to the broken-hearted. He keeps my tears in a bottle. He does not miss any of my bad days, my discouraging situations, my failures, or anything but is there every step of the way.

Psalm 56:8 (ESV)

You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

In life, we define comfort in many ways according to personal preference; but God defines comfort in His constant presence in our lives both good and bad. No circumstance changes God’s presence. In everything, our good Father has His arms wide and ready to comfort us. To feel the true comfort from all of life’s trials we only need to admit we are in need of comfort and fall into the arms of our Father. Say yes to the comfort of God's arms. Say yes to trusting your safety to Him. Say yes to letting Him hold you and protect you.