You’ve heard it.
I’ve heard it.
We’ve all heard it.
“When life gives you lemons,
make lemonade!”
In his book, Anxious For Nothing,
Max Lucado sums up
a life full of lemons:
- 23 years old, right out of college, starting your first job
- 33 years old, with two kids to feed and a family to care for
- 43 years old, the latest victim of layoffs and downsizing
- 53 years old, not the ideal age to start back to school
- 63 years old, starting over… with no retirement funds…
and the grandchildren living seven states away!
No matter what age you are today,
anxieties, fears, questions, worries, doubts, troubles…
and lemons
can fall out of the sky
like an Oklahoma-sized hailstone!
Any time we think we can lean back
in our rocking chair and take it easy,
we pinch the cat’s tail
which makes him run all through the house
breaking everything in his path!
Even the Bible tells us, “In this life you will have trouble!”
And that’s actually Jesus talking: John 16:33
But instead of getting all bent out of shape,
we need to also remember what Jesus said
right after that:
“But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
I do not in any way mean to make light
of whatever it is that you are facing.
Whenever I receive your prayer requests,
my heart breaks
over the painful struggles you are facing.
But I DO mean
to continually point us to Jesus
as the Author and Finisher of our Faith!
We are going to face troubles.
We are going to face anxieties.
But God has promised to be
a very present help in time of need.
All we have to do is call on Him
and He has promised to rescue us
and give us strength and courage
to face the days ahead.
I’m going to give Max the last word:
Life gives lemons
to good people,
bad people,
old people,
all people.
Life comes with lemons.
But we don’t have to suck on them!
I invite you to use this form to share your prayer request with me.
