This year has come with its own struggles that have been challenging and at times, overwhelming. Some of those struggles come from growing pains and being challenged with new things to stretch and develop. Some struggles come simply from being alive. And some struggles from poor decisions and learning boundary management, from taking matters into your own hands and timing and not trusting in God or from simply being hurt and wronged by others. Those last ones are the struggles that can really threaten to cripple and to rob me us of our hope and trust.
As Thanksgiving ends and Advent begins- we focus this week on both thankfulness and hope. This year I am thankful for the challenges and hard times because, while they cause wounds, I have Jesus, and he brings hope. He allows these wounds to heal and move from festering and infected, to scars. He comes in and tends to those wounds, bringing hope and healing like the gentle shepherd that he is. The scars will always remain there as reminders, but they won't be open and festering, putting our health in danger. As we walk into this Advent season, I am thankful that He is at work bringing healing and Hope in my life.
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