I’m pausing to ponder.  Will you join me?

Sometimes life is unfair.

Sometimes life hurts.

Sometimes life feels over.

Sometimes life turns for the worse.

Sometimes life takes everything you have and you end up with nothing left, nothing left to give.

Sometimes life is relentless.

Sometimes life doesn’t feel worth it.

Sometimes life slowly drags on and on and on… a mere moment feeling like days.

Sometimes life is unfair.

I’m pausing to praise.   Will you join me?

God, you know when I hurt.  You notice everything that wounds me.  Thank you for being so close to me that you feel the pain too.

Father, you not only see what hurts me, you care about me and what is going on.  Thank you for noticing what others may never see.

Jesus, you not only see and care about what I’m going through, you understand because you laid aside the perfection of Heaven and took on the hurt of this world as you walked the dusty roads of this life.  Thank you for walking in this hurtful world for me.

Spirit, you not only see and care about what I’m going through… you are walking (and sometimes crawling) through this storm with me, actually in me.  Thank you for never leaving me.

God, you are my salvation and strength.  You create beauty from ashes.  You and You alone are perfectly good.  You are good to me when I’m not good to myself.  You are good to me even when I can’t see good anywhere in me or around me.  You are so good to me.  You healed my broken heart.  You gave me a brand new start….  None of which I deserved… You are so good to me.

Your creation was unfair to you.  You saved us anyway.

This world was unfair to you.  You came to us anyway.

Your love took on the unfairness and turned it into grace and mercy.  I don’t want fair… I want mercy… I need mercy… I don’t want what I deserve.  What I deserve would be fair to me.  I want mercy instead.  Mercy and grace is what you offer.  That is not fair to you but it is extravagant towards me.  Thank you.