Stand.

It has been an abnormally difficult week and all at once an amazing display to me of God's undying, ever present Love.
It seems to me that every time something really encouraging and uplifting is brought into life, the enemy cant help but to try and take that encouragement and deface it with all the fire he can muster up.
But.
My God is
Bigger.
Stronger.
and always Protecting.
No matter the circumstance, His mercy abounds each and every morning
giving one more day of Life and Love.
if the world seems to be crashing, all i need to do is trust in Him
and time and time again... every...single...day...
he shows me with the dawn of a new day that He is still here.
That he's never left.

"Rest. You stand on solid ground."
i got this text the other day from a friend - impeccable timing in my day, i might add.
and i instantly thought -- what the hell does that even mean?!
Within seconds the reality of this statement tore through my soul.
Im not on crumbling, deteriorating ground that is about to collapse at any instant anymore.
It was a simple - yet profound epiphany for me.
For so long i feared any movement whatsoever because i knew that in no time flat, i would fall right through the turf i stood on... or more accurately - it was my bloody knees that held the weight of the world on that ground. Waiting. Knowing. i wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.
Immobilizing Fear.
But now... I do stand. on. SOLID. ground.
With His desire to reinforce the concrete beneath my feet, and my willingness to allow Him, I no longer need to fear about plunging beneath the surface.
We're standing on solid ground.
My Savior and I. Ready to face whatever may come. Together.

I've never known such a Love before.