As the year wound down, I could scarcely believe it.
2010?
The date sounds foreign to my ears and looks strange to my eyes. How could it be that so much time has gone by? How much the world has changed since the day of my birth!
When I was born, there were no computers in homes. In fact, TV’s were considered an oddity, and only the very richest among us had them. A scant five years later, my Dad bought our first television, which speaks to the speed of the contraption’s acceptance into American culture. Little did we know how much our world would change because of the glowing boxes adorning virtually every home.
Time flies by and change swirls around us.
The hospital I was born in is no longer standing. I am still standing, however. (That, too, could change).
But hospitals are still among us. There is a need that has not changed. That being, people get sick. People still grow ill. People still die.
I hear the clock ticking.
Blink and it will be 2011. The changes will come.
The question is, “How will we handle the changes?” What will we rely on when the storms come? Where will we turn for help?
It is a good thing to prepare for the day of Jonah. It is a wise thing to ponder what we will do when circumstances threaten to swallow us.
Psalm 46: 1 tells us, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” He is there in the storm offering safety and strength.
Present…with us, beside us, over us, under us…Immanuel.
In the coming year, my prayer for you (and for me), is that you will feel (and know) that God is present when change and trouble descend.
May we all be comforted and encouraged by His strength.
Author: David Martin
Great article, Dave. I can certainly relate. I was informed recently that Nightingale Hospital in El Campo has been leveled and no longer exisits. But I’m still here! Thanks for reminding us about holding on to the One who is immovable!