TODAY'S PRAYER: This Too Shall Pass!
This is one of those slogans that I have mixed feelings about. It's a truism that applies to who ever and where ever one is - not just "program" or religious affiliation, which is probably where most of us hear this the most.
When things are good one doesn't seem to have a need to hear something like this. But hearing it sometimes helps us prepare for when the shift change happens.
I remember when I received a sizeable inheritance and people told me it wouldn't last. Initially it felt like party pooping. However, Most had the experience of getting that huge wad of money that previously they prayed for thinking it would solve everything only to find it helped but it didn't solve everything and eventually it did run out.
So I was prepared. Not totally but enough. I had a great time with it and did hope I was different and this time it would be different. But it did what money does - it ran out.
I can also remember going through some tough emotional stuff. people told me this too shall pass. Sometimes in the midst of emotional pain this can feel like a cheap band-aid on a gushing bleeding heart. Again these were people who themselves went through the same or similar and were here to let me know there was a light at the end of this dark tunnel. It didn't solve the immediate ache but it did give me hope in something to look forward to beyond just tissues and tears.
That's a lot of what we do. Try and share our experience, strength and hope that we may prepare others, help others, get through what they got to go through.
Sometimes, there just is no way out but through.
Knowing there is light, seeing light at the end of the tunnel helps us to be able to put one foot in front of the other with a little more confidence that we are not just walking around in the muck but actually headed out - that things will get better. Even when good they can get better. Btw, I have heard said from the same party poopers “the good is the enemy of the better”. Meaning that feel good plateau is just a momentary resting point - not a permanent stop.
That said have a listen to Hezekiah Walker or find your own favorite song and let some music take you away for a couple of minutes. When you come back be a little different from when you started.
Also remember that you may be that voice in the wilderness for someone else today. They may not need a perfect therapy solution answer - maybe just to hear that it's ok to be where they are, and it will pass, things will get better. No guarantees of when or how but we know it does change and eventually get better.
Be blessed to be a blessing!
Amen.