First Day of Mid-High
“Have a great day!” I said as Caleb opened the car door slammed it, then opened the back door to retrieve his backpack filled to the brim with notebooks, pencils and other school supplies. It was his first day of mid-high and he was a nervous wreck. Maybe I was a little, too!
After I dropped him off, I prayed for him that his day would go well. I also began to reflect on other months of August when I was consumed by different concerns which plagued me like a pack of hungry coyotes.
Just twelve years ago, I recall how I was concerned that Caleb would be born healthy and without any serious medical issues. A few years later, I was all consumed with the adoption process for a little girl whom I had never met that lived in an orphanage in China. The next August after that, I held that malnourished little girl in my arms in a city on the other side of the world and fretted about getting her home so that we could nurse her to good health.
Just a couple of Augusts later, my kids and I reeled from the blow of having lost their Mom and my wife to breast cancer. The very next August, I was a newlywed married to a wonderful woman, Kim, who has been a gift from God for all of us. Just this past week, I waited in the surgical waiting room as Kim underwent surgery to remove a suspicious growth on her thyroid gland. The growth was benign and Kim has recovered nicely.
Jesus tells us in John 16:33; “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
Even though we always have joys and concerns in this life, I have come to know that Jesus wants to walk with us through it all, and to give us a sense of peace in knowing that He is in control. I pray that you know the peace that passes all understanding in your heart and life. If you don’t, then all you have to do is ask Him to come into your heart and live in you. He will be your comforter and your guide. You can trust Jesus with your life and the lives of those that you love. After all, He loves us all far more than we know.
