Has anything but closed roads and bridges taken place in Canada these past couple of weeks? If so, not only have I missed it, I haven't been able to pick up on much other news! Purposes or views aside, I'm frankly sick and tired of blaring horns and roaring protests.
Without further comments, I got to thinking about our personal lives and the need to discern between things that need to remain closed and things that we need to reopen or keep open. In an email sent by one reader of these columns, I gleaned these comments:
"Worrying doesn't take away today's troubles, it takes away today's peace." As I read those words, I'm counselled to shut my heart and emotions to those things that rob me of peace. Does that mean pretending they don't exist? Never! Each of us faces things, people and situations that make us want to crawl into a mental hole and pretend they don't exist. We can’t but what makes the difference is opening our hearts to God's promises and the assurance there is peace even in the midst of pain and questions.
In addition to opening our hears to God's provision is the need to set limits on what fills our minds and hearts. Reading and acknowledging the promises of God provides the comfort that daily newscasts can steal.
The other quote reads like this: "You are confined only by the walls you build yourself." Wow, that's a heavy one but again, so true. Today, by the grace of God, I determine to be walled by His promises and open to their fulfillment.
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3)
