If you are not there right now, you've been there and/or you will be there in the future - between a rock and a hard place. You know what I'm talking about, that fork in the road, where either way you go there will be rough traveling ahead. You've lost your job and your car is broke down. Your significant other doesn't think you're very significant and you find yourself agreeing. You're desperately wanting to lose weight and your doctor tells you that weight-adding steriods are necessary for your treatment. Whatever the specifics, the general rule applies: hard times.
What do you do when there doesn't seem to be any good way to go? Where do you turn when the bridge is out in both directions? Well, some turn themselves inside out as they agonize over their misfortune. Some turn to drugs or alcohol to help blur the lines of reality. Some turn to angry outbursts, lashing out against others in hopes of somehow relieving their own pain. Some beat against windmills as they try to control what is beyond their control. Sounding familiar yet? Tried any of the above? Found they worked out well? Yeah, no.
Let me suggest a different strategy: Try resting in the Lord instead of wrestling with the trial that's come upon you. Turn to Him, seek His face in prayer and allow Him to work on you as He provides a path through this desolate land. As James put it, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2-4).
Jus' Sayn.
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