My Moment of Clarity
October 6, 2015
I don't have too many moments of clarity. I am usually chasing rabbits down a path to no where. But ever so often, the bell will ring, the lights will come on, and the Hallelujah chorus will sing!
Those are the moments when I stop, look into the face of God and say, " There really is a God!". It is in those moments that the links connect, the dust bunnies leave, and the puzzle pieces actually fit!
It can be about the smallest things, or it can be major decisions. But Let Me Tell You One Thing, it is in those moments of clarity, that all darkness is illuminated, the questions are answered, and truth appears.
How often do these times come? Rarely. Sometimes it is a hit and miss attempt to know which direction to go with decisions in our life. We try this way or that way, only to find it is not the way to go on a particular decision. We often pay greatly for those times, reaping results from poor judgement and decisions.
My husband, Clyde, told us in one of his sermons recently, about a moment of clarity a man had that really got me to thinking about this. It is from Mark 5:5, " And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones." This reference is to the man that was demon possessed.
Mark 5:6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him.
Now, you tell me how a man, that is completely out of control, isolated, tormented by demons, causing self inflicted wounds can be crying out in the graveyard (at night no less; remember, Jesus had told the disciples, "Let's cross over to the other side" when it was evening; which they did, and encountered the storm on the Sea of Gallilee; by the time all that had happened, I am most certain it was good and dark in the graveyard) and in the next breath, when he sees Jesus, even from a distance, he had a moment of clarity?
It goes to show, that no matter the state of our mind, the circumstances of our situation, our location, or the pain we suffer; both physically and mentally,
there is something beyond all the craziness, the trouble, the place, and the pain, there is a moment of clarity when we can recognize the power, the truth, the hope, and the life that is in Jesus Christ alone!
I don't have too many moments of clarity. I am usually chasing rabbits down a path to no where. But ever so often, the bell will ring, the lights will come on, and the Hallelujah chorus will sing!Those are the moments when I stop, look into the face of God and say, " There really is a God!". It is in those moments that the links connect, the dust bunnies leave, and the puzzle pieces actually fit!
It can be about the smallest things, or it can be major decisions. But Let Me Tell You One Thing, it is in those moments of clarity, that all darkness is illuminated, the questions are answered, and truth appears.
How often do these times come? Rarely. Sometimes it is a hit and miss attempt to know which direction to go with decisions in our life. We try this way or that way, only to find it is not the way to go on a particular decision. We often pay greatly for those times, reaping results from poor judgement and decisions.
My husband, Clyde, told us in one of his sermons recently, about a moment of clarity a man had that really got me to thinking about this. It is from Mark 5:5, " And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones." This reference is to the man that was demon possessed.
Mark 5:6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him.
Now, you tell me how a man, that is completely out of control, isolated, tormented by demons, causing self inflicted wounds can be crying out in the graveyard (at night no less; remember, Jesus had told the disciples, "Let's cross over to the other side" when it was evening; which they did, and encountered the storm on the Sea of Gallilee; by the time all that had happened, I am most certain it was good and dark in the graveyard) and in the next breath, when he sees Jesus, even from a distance, he had a moment of clarity?
It goes to show, that no matter the state of our mind, the circumstances of our situation, our location, or the pain we suffer; both physically and mentally,
there is something beyond all the craziness, the trouble, the place, and the pain, there is a moment of clarity when we can recognize the power, the truth, the hope, and the life that is in Jesus Christ alone!
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