It is okay to be broken. It is okay to be as hurting, and helpless, and confused as we really are at times. I think that's part of being a little child before God - being genuine and realizing you ARE needy and dependent on your big Daddy for everything. We don't have to have it all together - He does. We don't have to be strong - He is our strength. We don't have to hold on - He is holding on to us. We don't even have to muster up faith - He upholds us by His faithfulness.
Christ says, in effect, all I have to give You is Myself. He is our hope, strength, peace, etc. Those aren't things we try to "muster up," but they are found in the Person who is with us. He is peaceful when we can't feel peaceful, hopeful when we've lost hope. He is all we need. And He never, ever leaves.
In the midst of the long journey, there is always Christ. He never leaves since He is with us always in our spirit and goes wherever we go. And He is Good and understanding of our feelings of fear, worry, frustration and sadness. Whether those feelings stay or go, He is deeper and more real than any of them. His abiding presence is what makes the difference, not anything about us.
We can be falling apart, but since He is carrying us, HIS strength is all that matters. He is the God who smiles at us, who holds us, who comforts us, who gives us all we need. He is our Companion as we walk this path of life. But He doesn't walk beside us; He walks in and through us. He lives through it in us, He walks through it all in us. "Another is living His life in me." And that Life is adequate for all we'll face today.
With love,
