I was stuck reading Zephaniah today, which I didn't even mean to do because I never heard anyone talk about or quote it. My bookmark was in some random place in my bible and I flipped to the page out of curiosity. Zephaniah 3:20:15 starts with, "The Lord has taken away the judgements against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil." And today for some reason I felt like I needed to sit down and share my thoughts about this because it was completely random and made me think a little too hard about the way the world is spinning right now.
Today and recently we have so many crazy things happening, we know that the wildfire season is on the way and rolling, we're in the middle of this confusing pandemic, we're dealing with the chaotic political battles in the cities and within our families; it all can get so stressful, even just going to Portland right now to grab ice cream or doing whatever you do in the city besides being fearful of just about the entire world.
It's so hard sometimes for me to sit down and trust that God has a plan for all of this when we don't understand it. I grew up Christian, I grew up in the church and not until I moved to Oregon did I actually realize how hard it can be to keep up with it all. Almost everyone I'm surrounded by is either against religion in general or they just don't follow one, which is fine with me because I know they can still be good people. It's a little rough around the edges sometimes when they laugh at something you believe in, or they ask you why you believe in what you do; because you literally just tell them it's based on faith and trust and theeeeen they relate it to Santa and you just sit there. BUT anyways, aside from that, reading Zephaniah today really put me in the state of mind that we don't have to everything figured out right now. These people who are going to bash on what I am doing and have their strong opinions that don't let me have my own, do not matter.
At some point in time all the materialistic things fade the only thing that matters is the relationship you have between God and yourself. I'm at the stage where I'm working all that out for me. Where I know I'm not a saint or better than anyone, but just doing the best that I can at the moment- and trying to understand the meaning of things to the best of my capabilities.
If we sit here knowing what we believe in and trust, then why be afraid of the physical aspects of anything else?
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