I've Been Here Before

The Lord Almighty has sworn, Surely as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand. Isaiah 14:24

I've been here before--wondering how this could be Your plan? Questioning how this mess, orchestrated by man and carried-out with questionable motives, be Your purpose? How can THIS stand?

Maybe it isn't of You. Perhaps You have walked away, left things to us--US, who operate in greed and selfishness. Have You washed Your hands of it all and turned Your back? I see so very little of You in this; I search for You; I look for Your plan; I cannot find You.

And then I remember, I've been here before. And I've seen your Goodness rise above the filth. I've seen You come out of the anger, the ache. I've felt You heal my shattered heart with WORDS. And I know that You are there. I've been here before and I know that You never left my side.

These moments we are living don't always seem a part of Your plan; they don't seem worthy of standing. But I've been here before, and I cannot deny that every moment is filled with Your Love and Your Grace and Your Mercy. That has to be enough right now--enough to ease the anger and heal the ache.