For Such a Time as This.....

So, I heard a song called "One more Time" by Michael W Smith on the radio the other day and there was a couple of lines in the song that really spoke to me. I have already shared them on Facebook but I wanted to share them here.....


"This is what you're made for
Standing in the downpour
Knowing that the sun will shine


Forget what lies behind you Heaven walks beside you
You got to give it one more try
One more time"




A thought came to me as I was listening to this song - for years now, actually pretty much ever since I started working in child protection four and a half years ago, I've always said to myself that my work is only a stepping stone onto some kind of job that "really matters" - something in counselling, or in ministry, or both. Something world changing. Something more spiritual.


But listening to this song, I felt God say to me "this is what you're made for... - this is where I put you, you're mine and you're exactly where I want you to be".


There are some people who are made to stand on the mountain tops, there are some people who are made to fly with the eagles. And there are some people who were made to stand in the mud and hold others up. Perhaps God's answer is not to bring me OUT of the mud, but rather give me the strength to stand where others cannot. Perhaps it is my job to endure the hard stuff WITH my faith, rather than using my faith as a "get out of the muck" free card. It's so easy to forget that while you're waiting for God to answer perhaps He already has....God's answer for me may not be a new job or a more spiritual job. God's answer for me just might be to teach me to operate as a Christian woman, showing Jesus' love to the clients I work with in the job I have right now. Maybe one day I'll get a new job, and maybe I wont. But as I drove home listening to the song and absorbing what God dropped into my spirit, I made a commitment that I'd be the best darned caseworker I could be. Right here right now.


And perhaps standing in the downpour, I can teach some of my clients and even some of my colleague how to believe in the sunshine again :)