This post is written to link with Five Minute Friday: write for five minutes on a one-word prompt. The prompt today is “still.” I am also taking part in Write 31 Days (writing on a prompt every day during the month of October). I may not be posting on the blog every day, but you can find an index page where all the posts in the series will be added here.
The last couple of years have been full of upheaval for all of us.
We’ve faced restrictions on our daily life that would have been unimaginable in 2019:
Don’t travel outside your council area…Only one hour of exercise a day…No visiting family…Events cancelled…No singing…Wear a mask…Keep a 2m distance…
It’s felt like it’s never-ending yet forever-changing. At times it has felt like a bad dream.
And then there are the family and friends who have had massive personal upheaval to add to that through illness and bereavement. Whatever the “new normal” looks like it won’t be the same.
And yet, as people were quick to declare, even in the chaos of early 2020, God is still sovereign. He is still faithful. He is still on the throne. He is still good.
Life is fragile, full of change and uncertainty, but God is constant. He is still the same now as he was in 2019, as he has been forever.
And that is something we can trust in, whatever changes life brings our way. It’s the only thing we can truly hope in.
It’s the only way to find rest in the middle of the chaos.
“Be still, and know that I am God!” (Psalm 46:10 NLT)
Life in the Spacious Place 
Leslie, it is so true. Life has been in constant flux for almost two years now. But One has still remained constant and caused us to know Him in deeper ways as we were stilled.
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So reassuring that he is always constant, and I think the last two years have shown us that we can’t trust in other things for our security.
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The world goes by, spinning ’round,
madly chasing its own tail,
but through it all I hope you’ve found
that it is God who will prevail.
He’s the same He always was;
the talking heads, they come and go.
So stick with Him, my friend, because
He’s got all you need to know
’bout how to navigate these days
and not bow down unto despair.
He’s the chap who’s got the ways
to get your heart from here to there,
and if you’ll just embrace that fact
you’ll find you will arrive intact.
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You’ve said it well, as always!
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Amen! The consistency of God in this shifty world is an anchor for my soul! Love this reminder ❤
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Thanks, Mariel!
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The secret is in the “knowing.”
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Yes!
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lesley, yes … there’s such comfort in resting in the truth that God hasn’t changed a bit, He’s not at all surprised at what’s happening, and that He’s written the end of the story.
i’m so grateful.
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Yes, so much comfort. I’m grateful too!
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So good to declare the truth of who He is, “God is still sovereign. He is still faithful. He is still on the throne. He is still good.”
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It’s so important to hold onto that!
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Yes, yes, yes! He is always the same!! That’s the most marvelous truth!!
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Yes, it is so comforting!
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Yes, I LOVE that God is constant and never changes!!
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We need something secure in this ever-changing world!
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The consistency of God is a very definite comfort. You said it well.
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“Life is fragile, full of change and uncertainty, but God is constant. He is still the same now as he was in 2019, as he has been forever.”
Yes! Amen! Thank you for this!
Love,
Annie
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