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Coping with unexpected and uncertain sudden change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Text: Psalms 56:3<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the busyness of life, it\u2019s all too easy to forget who God is, what he has done for us, and who we are because of him until the sudden unexpected happens. That’s when, according to Johnson Oatman, Jr., “When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed” – a line from the hymn “Count Your Many Blessings.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The line means to be violently tossed about, agitated, overwhelmed, or thrown into confusion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n What’s the sudden unexpected?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is Mr Change!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is Mr Grief Situation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is Mr Trauma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is lost of loved ones, jobs, careers, marital bliss, good health, money, position relationships, or other belongings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Change happens when it will. It happens when it does. It makes life feel very uncertain and burdensome.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n What do you do when life feels uncertain?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On the side is to encourage yourself in the Lord. Continue to trust in God’s love, for God is love. Anchor on God will provide. Move forward. Trust in the trial to give you God expected end or stand on the promises of God.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On this side, Johnson Oatman Jnr., the songwriter of the hymn “Count Your Blessings” continues with the lyrics, “When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On the other side of the divide is to be paralysed with fear, dancing with change, and finding joy by whatever means possible. Contemplate or actually give up, retreat, surrender, stop on track, curse God, or commit suicide.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Beloved, remember that building your faith in God in an uncertain world is best for you and anyone else.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In the midst of changes, remember this: God never changes, and His promises are true. God watches over his word to perform it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Remember and have the confidence that whatever change you\u2019re navigating, the Bible remains grounded in the unchanging truth of God\u2019s Word, summed, God is love. He loves you. He loves me. He loves us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Root yourself in Scripture and remember that the hope you have in God\u2014no matter your circumstances – is the only way to go.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n God bless you. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coping with unexpected and uncertain sudden change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tMessage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n