The tenderness of God and His mercy is ever before us if we step aside just for a moment. The day can get so consumed with what’s on our mind we lose all sight of God’s ever present mercy and love. There is a man who comes for counsel and is facing a divorce. He wants so much for his wife to turn things around that he loses all sight of God being with him. This is not difficult for me to understand, I’ve lived through those days and did just what he is doing.

Yesterday, as we met, I asked him to step away from his present state and look at what is stable in his life. For what is stable we can anchor into. These stable items are ones like: God never leaves us; I have Jesus and The Holy Spirit always within me; I can and will model Jesus in me for my two little girls; I will stay committed to the job God gave me and thank Him for it. There can be more but this got him started. He asked that I send these to him by text so they’d be in his phone for reminders as often as needed.

The faithfulness of God is incredible once one can take a step away from flesh’s momentary reality. We can’t see this faithfulness at times on our own, so it is extremely important for the hurting one to admit it to someone they trust. We all need Godly companionship to help us see what Satan doesn’t want us to see. In spite of this world of hurt we live in, there is our God of Mercy and Grace right there with us to anchor us in the day. If you are hurting, tell a Godly friend. Let The Holy Spirit help them help you. God so wants to do this!