GO! CORNERSTONES | "The Rescue"

Of Faith, Hope, and Love
September 2, 2008
by Scott A. Nordstrom

Often times when I write it seems like I am repeating myself or that it is some kind of bizarre deja vu. I suppose that there might be common themes that stream through my thoughts that eventually land on paper. I also admit that there may be times you find me simply repeating myself or that maybe repetition is important in some other way.

I believe that I better understand the love of the Father since I now have been a father to my own children. I am not fully comprehending –only closer in understanding His love for us. I have been attempting some deep father-daughter conversation lately, but I am not sure that I am getting through. As with most teenagers there is a time that some struggle to find the way that they should be going or the place they should be focused on. In this incredible landscape of media it is difficult to focus on any one thing, but it can also cause us to crowd-out things or people of importance as we intently focus our concentration as to not be distracted.

I probably fall into the category of the former as my interest range across a wide spectrum. Maybe this is why my relationship with God has so many peaks and valleys. I don’t know that I am unusual, as I probably share many of the struggles that you have. Life can get me down from time to time, but my saving grace is the mercy of God. I can’t tell you how many times over the last year that I felt myself leaning over the abyss only to be caught and captured by God’s love for me.

As I deal with my own challenges of life, I encourage my daughter to rest in His arms to realize His peace, and to know that He loves her so very much. The only thing that saves me from being consumed by my own demise is the fact that He is there for me. I move forward in great expectation, with courage, and I am not afraid because He is with me. My admission to you is that He rescues me everyday, and my comfort comes from knowing that He will rescue me tomorrow. My challenge is to keep my eyes on the prize, and to keep myself on the way.

I am sorry that I am in the need of rescue, and I wish I had it more together. My knowledge and wisdom is fleeting as my patience wears thin. Many have ‘arrived’ it seems -though I am still running and running. My legs grow weary, and my heart aches as the darkness surrounds me. Will this burden ever leave me? I keep running though because I know that he is there somewhere beyond the darkness. He is waiting to consume me with His light, as it is written, He will bring to the light what is hidden in darkness. I will be rescued, and He will be the One who rescues me.

Psalm 31:2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.

Peace, and be Blessed!