My life, at times, has been filled with circumstances that has certainly made it feel like I have been on a roller coaster ride. With its ups and downs and twisting turns, I’ve had to hold on tight in each moment with the fear that one day I will come off the rails. Somehow, I seem to hang on, and I overcome each situation I am faced with.
I’m not like that when it comes to being on a real roller coaster. In fact, I’m quite the opposite. I don’t hold on to anything and I throw my hands in the air. At each turn that is made I am free to let go. I have nothing holding me back and I am safe in the restraints that are holding me.
When I look back on what I have been through in my life I often wonder how I got through those hair raising moments. It’s only when the ride has finished do I then see where I have been. I also see Who has been holding me safely in it all.
The twists and turns that have sent my head spinning…God was there.
The dark passages that I’ve been through…God was there.
The steep hill that had to be climbed…God was there.
The moments that I had when my world was turned upside down…God was there.
God was there in my roller-coasting life and He has been my restraints to keep me safe. He has been the One that has been with me on the tracks of my life and has helped me to overcome my fears and face whatever ride comes next.
God was there in my roller-coasting life and He has been my restraints to keep me safe. Share on XI wrote this post as a response to the Five Minute Friday word prompt “overcome”. Click here to see what other people wrote when they were prompted with this word.
I love the recurring message – how encouraging to frame it like that. I need to remind myself of that unchanging truth more often.
Thank you ? I’m pleased that it encouraged you. Keep on keeping on ?
This about sums up my life i feel at times my life has been like a rollercoaster so apt for me but trusting in the lord has helped me i know whatever life throws at me ill get through it Amen
Amen to that Irene! God is with you no matter what twists and turns you go through in life. We may not feel it at the time, but He is. Bless you.
Love this, Lynne…and I can so identify with the joy and gratitude that suffuses every word.
In a life that has gone totally sideways – I’m sort of dying here, pancreatic cancer, rather a bore – God has graciously allowed me to see more brightly, and to listen with unblocked ears. I’m grateful for that.
#1 at FMF this week.
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Thank you for visiting Andrew and I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Keeping strong in these days must be so hard, and I bet you experience the ups and downs of the roller coaster so many times. Hold on tight Andrew and don’t let go of the love that God has for you. Bless you.