Yes, That Time

Everyone has that time.

Yes, that time.

The time when your alarm goes off and you moan because you don’t have the energy to move your hand to turn it off.

The time when you get to see your best friend for the first time in a while and the best you can manage is a smile.

The time when you look around you and all you can see is the dark and the dirty.

The time when even coffee has lost the power to wake you up.

The time when you set your Bible in front of you and then whisper to God, ‘I don’t have the strength to open this book.’

The time when you walk around with a cloud hanging over your head, yet you smile to those around you and answer every ‘how are you?’s with ‘I’m good, how are you?’

Yes, that time.

The time when you whisper:

I used to see!

I used to walk!

I didn’t have to crawl along.

I once was strong.

I once was brave.

But now all I want

Is to run away.

I can’t give up.

I can’t give in.

But all I want

Is to fade away.

The time when the most appealing thing in your life is the bed with the covers pulled over your head to block out all the light.

The time when you look at your list of things to do and then you turn and grab your seventh cup of coffee in five minutes.

The time when your heart is so heavy, you don’t think you can even stand up.

The time when you simply want the day to end.

Yes, that time.

The time when you drag yourself into the Bible, wondering if you’re a bad Christian because you really don’t want to read it.

The time when you read Psalms 42:5-6 and want to start crying because it’s exactly how you feel and what you need:

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

The time when your best friend calls and says ‘how are you? No. Really.’

The time when God sends the perfect post your direction.

The time when nothing goes right except for God’s hug and whisper ‘you’re ok’.

The time when you can’t get anything to go according to schedule, fall into bed feeling like a failure and God whispers ‘I still love you’.

Yes, that time.

That time when you feel like a loser; when you feel most alone; when you’re lost, hurting, crying; when you don’t have the energy to face the day; when you give up and start to fade; that’s when Jesus finds you!

That time when your world crashes down around you; when you feel like you’re drowning; when you can’t look up; when you think it can’t get any worse, yet it does; when you find out how far down rock-bottom really is; that’s when Jesus finds you!

When you don’t have anything left, Jesus finds you! He explains that He really never left. That He was always by your side. That you’re safe. That you can trust Him.

This is our God!! This is our God who rejuvenates! Who saves! Who redeems! Who takes the sorry excuse for a human being and transforms into something wonderful! People, listen to me.

THIS IS OUR GOD!