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Revelation 22: 13 (nkjv)

"...I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

This morning in church we sang an old hymn: Be thou My Vision. Someone has already arrived at the end of your life, and its all going to be okay.

Jesus walks with you. You must believe this to be truth. Perhaps deep down there is a part of us that thinks it's all pretend. I say this only because when bad things happen - things fall through or there isn't enough money in the bank or people leave us - we panic. Why do we panic? Maybe we just don't truly believe that He is beside us, walking with us, and carrying our load. Maybe we know He is real, but we still feel alone, or like we have to pull it all off (life and survival, that is) on our own. We want Him to be our Lord, but not to the point of walking in blind faith, holding His hand through all of our life time. He is a shepherd who with His staff gently gets us to where He needs and wants us to be (although, some days I feel like gentle is too soft a word and we all have the bumps and bruises to prove it).

So when you can't see tomorrow and how it's all going to work out- close your eyes (even in the dark), let Him look for you, let Him be your eyes, and then keep looking looking looking at Him. He will show you. Keep doing what you're doing and when you're looking at your bank account or sitting alone in your empty house or sitting in your doctors office staring at the devastating report, or hearing that someone said mean things about you, close your eyes, picture Jesus on the cross and let Him be your vision for the days, months and years to come. Let Him bring you peace and comfort. Let him reveal to you the dreams in your heart, and

So Lord,
When I can't see, be my sight.
When I can't feel, You can touch.
And when I can't breath, please take deep breaths for me.

He stands at the finish line, and He is beside you assuring you through His promises and His Holy Spirit that the road will clear up; the sun will shine it's beautiful strong and bright rays once again into your heart.