Our Daily Bread: Picking Up the Pieces After Job LossVoorbeeld
WHITEWATER EXPERIENCES: I was enjoying the start of my first whitewater rafting experience until I heard the roar of the rapids up ahead. My emotions were flooded with feelings of uncertainty, fear, and insecurity at the same time. Riding through the whitewater was a firstrate, white-knuckle experience! And then, suddenly, it was over. The guide in the back of the raft had navigated us through. I was safe, at least until the next set of rapids.
Transitions in our lives are like whitewater. The inevitable leaps from one season of life to the next, college to career, singleness to marriage, career to retirement, marriage to widowhood, are all marked by uncertainty and insecurity.
In one of the most significant transitions recorded in Old Testament history, Solomon assumed the throne from his father David. I'm sure he was filled with white-knuckle uncertainty about the future. His father's advice? "Be strong and of good courage, and do it; . . . for the LORD God, my God, will be with you" (1 CHRONICLES 28:20).
You'll have your fair share of tough transitions in life. But with God in your raft you're not alone. Keep your eyes on the One who is navigating the rapids. He's taken lots of others through before. Smooth waters are just ahead. -Joe Stowell
God will guide you through the rapids of change.
Transitions in our lives are like whitewater. The inevitable leaps from one season of life to the next, college to career, singleness to marriage, career to retirement, marriage to widowhood, are all marked by uncertainty and insecurity.
In one of the most significant transitions recorded in Old Testament history, Solomon assumed the throne from his father David. I'm sure he was filled with white-knuckle uncertainty about the future. His father's advice? "Be strong and of good courage, and do it; . . . for the LORD God, my God, will be with you" (1 CHRONICLES 28:20).
You'll have your fair share of tough transitions in life. But with God in your raft you're not alone. Keep your eyes on the One who is navigating the rapids. He's taken lots of others through before. Smooth waters are just ahead. -Joe Stowell
God will guide you through the rapids of change.
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It doesn’t matter if you have been downsized, laid off or outsourced, let go or fired. The pain is real, and the terrible toll of fear, anger, confusion, and uncertainty that happens when a person’s world collapses around him or her is much more than a statistical reality. It is just real. We pray that these devotionals will be used by Him to bring you hope and encouragement.
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