SWINGS

Ah what a joy when the tempo of a day or week swings between two extremes. It can really drive you nuts.

The mind grabbles with why. There is never a way to always find logic in such situations.

Some times they can make sense. Normal trials are part of life. As are the moments of blessings.

What is hard to deal with are the unexpected. Those times when some heaviness seems to smother a day.

You sit and start out the day thinking it is just another day. Then you get broadsided by some problem.

Perhaps a series of problems. Not the kind that, which gives you complete grief, but more a steady supply of stress.

So one struggles with coming to terms with the anxiety. Made more difficult if you can't find a reason for it all.

The mind is so prone to analyze life. To attempt to apply reason to each situation. And when we can't we can get very frustrated.

Now some times this can just be a case of timing. You are in a bad mood and so is the other person.

The chemistry is just off. Nobody's fault, just one of those challenges we all face. And it doesn't last.

But what I'm speaking of are the moments when life seems to turn upside down. When problems arise and nobody is the cause.

Those are moments when the cause may come from some source with a spiritual cause. The Lord to test, the devil to attack.

It is amazing how quickly a person you thought was a friend will turn on out to be otherwise. And it won't be deserve or because you did something wrong.

Those are the times when one needs to lean the most on the Lord. For the strength to be sure that this doesn't wound.

His spirit will always help to strengthen through the trials. And that is the hope that can carry us through any darkness.
As long as we cling in faith.