“ 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
How often have we toiled to overcome some sin or resolve some situation only to have the Lord say to do something that seems fruitless and redundant! May I be like Peter and answer “But at your word!”
I am reminded of the expression “familiarity breeds contempt.” As you mentioned, we can allow the every day rhythms of life make the extraordinary seem ordinary. Yet when brokenness breaks in, we have no where to go but to God!
When my late husband took his own life in 2016, my life felt broken beyond repair. I clung to God in a way I cannot even express. He became more real to me in the every day moments of life — and it’s the time in my life I felt I experienced His guidance, love, and protection the most.
It is by far, the most difficult time I’ve ever faced I life because I found him (although not finding him would’ve only tampered the PTSD somewhat). I can tell you from that experience:
* God is real!
* He is a “good good Father”
* He surrounds us like a mother hen with her chicks
* Like Peter confessed “to whom else can we go” as He has the very words of life
* He is an ever-present help in trouble so I needed not to fear
* He comforts us with a love and compassion that is unexplainable
* He made a way where there seemed to be no way
* He turned mourning into dancing (I remarried in 2019)
I was struck by this part this morning:
“ 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
How often have we toiled to overcome some sin or resolve some situation only to have the Lord say to do something that seems fruitless and redundant! May I be like Peter and answer “But at your word!”
I am reminded of the expression “familiarity breeds contempt.” As you mentioned, we can allow the every day rhythms of life make the extraordinary seem ordinary. Yet when brokenness breaks in, we have no where to go but to God!
When my late husband took his own life in 2016, my life felt broken beyond repair. I clung to God in a way I cannot even express. He became more real to me in the every day moments of life — and it’s the time in my life I felt I experienced His guidance, love, and protection the most.
What an amazing testimony. Thank you for sharing that. I can’t even imagine how hard that must have been.
It is by far, the most difficult time I’ve ever faced I life because I found him (although not finding him would’ve only tampered the PTSD somewhat). I can tell you from that experience:
* God is real!
* He is a “good good Father”
* He surrounds us like a mother hen with her chicks
* Like Peter confessed “to whom else can we go” as He has the very words of life
* He is an ever-present help in trouble so I needed not to fear
* He comforts us with a love and compassion that is unexplainable
* He made a way where there seemed to be no way
* He turned mourning into dancing (I remarried in 2019)