Debbie Macomber is one of my favorite fiction writers. Her stories are a fun interesting "clean" read about real people. However recently I picked up One Perfect Word--just what I have been looking for--one perfect word for this year. I was reading the chapter on Brokenness and she quotes Harriet Beecher Stowe "When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, til it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." Her words sounded really encouraging--just hold on! But to what do I hold? Our son is in a cell--he says "just like you see on television"--where the doors slam and lock, with a bed, a cabinet with special "treats" that the family pays for, with someone you like or have to tolerate right beside you. You have no choices of when to get up or go to bed or what or when to eat your three meals a day. There is no sunlight peaking through, no sight of the outdoors, no gym to workout in, no word from your PD with no idea of what is going for or against you--and you say "Hold on" Right!
But it is at this point that I can say "There is good news--but only if you know the Savior!" The Good News is His Word: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted" ps.34 "And again I say Wait, Wait for the Lord" ps 27 "And we know that all things work for the good of them who know and love the Lord" "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's Will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thess.5:16
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