Hey there my friends! I’m so glad you are joining my on this journey of 31 Days At The Cross. This week we learned how to kneel At The Cross with our struggles and need to persevere. We also sought God’s Presence and His Perfect Peace. Today I want to share with you 2 posts from 2 different times when I focused on the Cross of Christ and His Word to pull me out of the storms of life.
When God’s Word pulls us out of the waves
Focusing on The Cross of Christ to pull us out of the Waves
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Every summer my husband & I spend time at the beach with our kids. We spend many hours watching the kids build sandcastles, skim board & body surf the waves.
My favorite “activity” is sitting in a beach chair at the edge of the surf watching the waves roll in. I love the sound of the waves breaking & the feel of the sand as it shifts beneath my feet when the tide ebbs back into the ocean. I’m at peace and all is well.
But there are times when my kids & husband beckon me to join them out among the breaking waves. When they do I slowly make my way out through the surf. With each step I take, the water is deeper and the waves break a little harder. I brace myself and turn my head to keep the wave from splashing in my face. Before long I begin to jump over each wave, treading water as I ride the wave out. (I’m not a very tall person & my vertical is certainly not basketball worthy) so there are times I don’t jump quite high enough and I find myself overtaken by the wave. Once I’m overtaken by one wave I have a hard time regaining my footing and wave after wave breaks over my head. Once I recover from the flailing I’m ready to make my way in to the safety of the surf where the waves aren’t crashing over me and I can rest comfortably.
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So my friend, I hope through the 4 days this week of At The Cross you have begun to learn how to take your frustrations, struggles, heartache, loneliness, and uncertainty and place them At The Cross of Christ. Please know I am praying for you as you take this journey. If you would like to connect a little more you can connect with me on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Have a blessed weekend my friend.
In His Calm,
This series At The Cross is part of the Write 31 Days series. Write 31 Days is an online writing challenge hosted by Crystal Stine where bloggers pick one topic and write a post on that topic every day in October. Click here to see all the posts in the series At The Cross.
