I look back over my life and see opportunities for growth that I missed. That’s likely true for you as well. Let’s not waste opportunities to grow in the midst of trouble. The school of life is handing us some hard lessons. May we learn that we can’t explain everything, neither should we try. We can trust God in the middle of all things. We can persevere by grace. We are learning not to trust money, jobs and health. We are learning to lean on the One who cannot be shaken.
“At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.’ This phrase, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe.” Hebrews 12:26-28 (NRSV).
