Faith In The Unseen

If you’ve ever been to Pensacola Beach you understand how beautiful God’s creation is. Our white sand and deep blue-green water is breathtaking. The beach is one of my favorite places in the entire world! I DO burn the color of a lobster if I stay out in the sun for more than 5 minutes, BUT besides that I love it!
Saturday afternoon Tim and I headed that direction for a short weekend just to get away together. That afternoon we sat on our back porch and enjoyed the view. It always amazes me how calm the sea can be and yet how God’s hand can cause it to rise during storms to unbelievable levels.
The next morning I rushed to the window to see our pretty scenery only to find a thick, thick, soupy fog. Neither the water nor sand could be seen. (for you smarty pants out there saying,” She so blind that she just couldn’t see the water”, Tim couldn’t see it either! I KNEW it was there, but from my vantage point, it was nowhere to be seen. I could say in my head that it’s not there anymore because I didn’t see it, but I guarantee you that if I walked out to the dock and jumped off; I would indeed land in water. I didn’t feel it, I didn’t see it, yet, it was there.
How many times in my life or yours have you had the feeling that God is NOWHERE in view at the moment? I KNOW He is still with me even though I cannot see Him and sometimes do not feel that He is near. Sometimes I have held to His promise that He will never leave or forsake me. There have also been times that I just walked away because I didn’t have enough faith to keep trusting. At those moments He has had to knock me over the head with a club to get my attention again. Don’t sit there in shock saying,” Not Jill!” “She’s so sweet that I’m sure she never gets in trouble.” Ummm. you would be wrong.
Thank you Lord for staying with us even when we don’t have the faith to keep following You at times. Your grace is sufficient and your love is unending.

Psalm 139: 7-10
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.