Sitting on the floor surrounded at my feet is cans of dog food and toilet paper. As I sit here counting out these items, thinking and praying... Lately I have been doing that a lot thinking maybe to much....How are we going to make it? Are we going to make it? Are things going to get better? Why us? and my head keeps spilling out questions, doubt and worry. The biggest kicker to this whole mess was those people who kept telling me you need to have more faith, you have to believe, etc.
Then a very small more less my case a loud crash stopping my over speeding train of thoughts and as I look around the corner there sits my puppy wrapped up in the shower curtain after he just pulled it down falling out of the tub. Giving me this sweet and innocent look as to say, "What, did I do that?"
At that moment a fleeting thought crosses my mind I do have faith and then another question hits me that came up in Bible Study How do we as believers show joy in tribulation? We are such an emotional creation that our faith can't be based on emotions and it has to be based on the facts, right.
Fact-God is our Rock (1 Sam 2:2)
Fact-Understanding who God is strengthen us (Proverbs 24:5)
Fact-God is Trusting (Psalm 31:14)
Fact-God will provide (1 Peter 4:11)
Wow, knowing this information confirms that I have faith. How do I show joy in the mist of my chaos. Then hits me by acknowledging who God is and hanging on to facts found in the Bible. And admitting that I am going to break down, I am going to hit that slump though if I hang on to the facts, I will have joy. Acknowledging this fact of where my joy is it will show to the people I interact with and with this knowledge I can hold my head up high and with tears on the horizon I can put a smile on. I can say, "we are going to make it and everything going to be alright."