When the road looks rough
Melanie - March 10, 2009
A little over a week ago, the father of one of my dearest friends was hit by a car in the early morning hours as he walked their dog. He was immediately life-flighted to a nearby hospital where he continues to remain in critical condition with severe head trauma.
The whole situation has just broken my heart and I've spent so much time in prayer for them. It's just such a painful reminder of how life can turn on a dime. One day, everything seems fine, and then the next day, it all changes.
About two years ago, my husband and I found ourselves in a really unsure place. I'd just resigned from my job and we were facing some huge financial obstacles. I walked around feeling so scared and uncertain about what the future was going to look like.
During that time, God led me to this passage in Isaiah.
"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them." Isaiah 42:16
I emailed that verse to my friend yesterday hoping that it would give her some measure of comfort and peace. There are times in life when we will all feel blinded by what life throws at us and the path will seem unbearably rough and treacherous, but God turns that darkness into light. Only He can make the rough places smooth.
And if you think about, please keep my friend's father in your prayers. The next few days are very critical.
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Comments (8)
Thank you for posting that comforting verse. I just said a prayer for your friend and her father.
Posted on March 10, 2009 8:09 PM
Sophie,
Thank you for sharing that verse!!! I had totally forgotten about it and it is exactly the verse I need to send to a friend this morning who is just in a dire situation!!
Love and blessings, friend! Dori
Posted on March 11, 2009 10:15 AM
Oh Melanie! I will be praying for your friend’s Daddy.
I am so glad and joyful over the wonders God is doing over your life. You bless me, friend. You do! As Beth said in SA, “You are the miracle!”
Praying for you, Holly
Posted on March 11, 2009 10:16 AM
Ooops….
I should have looked closer!!!
M.E.L.A.N.I.E….thank you for sharing that verse!!!
Love and blessings to you, too, friend!
:)
Dori
Posted on March 11, 2009 10:16 AM
I will definitely pray for you friend & her family. I, too, have just resigned, effective in June. Wanting to stay home with my kiddos.Do not know what is going to happen. Trusting God. Thanks for the encouragement.
Posted on March 11, 2009 10:54 AM
I will definitely keep your friend’s husband in my prayers. My husband recently lost his job and God has been speaking to me in so many ways. Most recently about not defining what a miracle may look like.
I so often put God into a box as far as my expectations. When my expectations do not become a reality, I wonder if God is even paying attention. I have learned over many years that God’s view of my life and my own view are vastly different. What seems impossible to me, God sees only as a stepping stone. What scares me death, God uses to strengthen my faith. What seems hopeless, God uses to show me his mercy and grace.
I will pray for your friend and for you as you minister to her. I pray that God will give you the exact right words, at the right moment, to speak to her!
Posted on March 11, 2009 11:09 PM
I will definitely keep your friend’s husband in my prayers. My husband recently lost his job and God has been speaking to me in so many ways. Most recently about not defining what a miracle may look like.
I so often put God into a box as far as my expectations. When my expectations do not become a reality, I wonder if God is even paying attention. I have learned over many years that God’s view of my life and my own view are vastly different. What seems impossible to me, God sees only as a stepping stone. What scares me death, God uses to strengthen my faith. What seems hopeless, God uses to show me his mercy and grace.
I will pray for your friend and for you as you minister to her. I pray that God will give you the exact right words, at the right moment, to speak to her!
Posted on March 11, 2009 11:09 PM
I know we are days out of the dates, just the same, i add my prayers to ya’lls. The verse really means a lot to me as well. Sometimes a verse is like the story a storyteller tells; you see, when you tell a story the audience gets to pick the shade of red in the flowers, the way the character turns their head at the sound of a voice, i seems to me, a bit the same with some verses; it can mean food and shelter for one and health and direction for another. How precious is the Lord to help and support us, mircle us and bring us into the kingdom living. wow…
Posted on March 14, 2009 5:27 AM