Author: lohm_ope_1

When you are going through a tough time, especially following the loss of a loved one.  It could also be the loss of a job, or perhaps your health may be deteriorating or you may be experiencing financial difficulties, the tendency is to feel downcast and abandoned especially if you have been praying over the issue for a very long time.

Sometimes, it may even seem like your problems are getting worse instead of getting better. The key is not to give up Hope, try not to focus on what you see or what you feel BUT keep trusting and believing God to get you through the storm.

I love how the Message bible puts it in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

“So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.”

I pray that despite your brokenness, your wounds, your heaviness, your weariness and loneliness, you will find strength and comfort in the promises of God and keep holding on until the sun starts shining in your life.  It will be soon.

#BeEncouraged

1^st Thess. 5:5 – “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness”.

As children of God, we carry the light of God in us and should influence the world around us by bringing them Hope in the midst of chaos.

One of my favourite Sunday school songs growing up was ‘This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine’.  The words of that song are relevant regardless of your age, your past and your pain.  We are holding a light and we are to let it shine! Read more

The Dark nights or storms we experience in life can vary from the loss of a dear one, a prolonged period of uncertainty, perhaps even a job loss, difficult or broken relationships, challenges with one’s health or that of a loved one.  During these seasons, it is likely that we become depressed, we may experience doubts or even distance ourselves from God, depending on our personal relationship with God.

We may start to lose Hope especially if we have unanswered questions!

Everyone will experience these ‘dark’ seasons at some point, No one is immune from it. The nature of our storms may vary and even the duration may vary, however we must remember that after the storm comes the CALM. Storms do NOT last forever.  What we must learn to do is prepare as much as we can and hold on to God.

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