"I am with you"

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."- ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“I am with you”…. The Lord (and I just came to realize this) has been trying to speak this to me since I became a Christian but especially in this last week. But before I get to how he showed me This and why Isaiah 41 is important, I want to share with you a story from this week: I’ll start by saying this week was a hard week for me. There was a lot that happened in all of different areas of my life (some good and some really bad). In the middle of the week, i had kept it altogether all day meaning I didn’t cry or lash out or anything. To me I thought man I must be really trusting the father. And though I believe I was, it wasn’t in a I’m gonna lean into you father so you can hold me up but more of a hey father I thank you and I believe in you so much that I’m gonna get my act together and be strong. One is dependent on God and the other is dependent on self. So I went on throughout the day just like that, and then another wave came and knocked me to ground. I was hurting all over again. I couldn’t keep it together and I was trying so hard. I kept telling myself it’s okay, it’s just another thing to get over. But I couldn’t. And I wept. I wept with a friend who showed me compassion and reminded me of who was holding me up. And when I got back to my room, I thought I was okay, I thought i was done crying. But the second my feet hit my room, I fell. I fell and I wept. And I cried out to God. And God being so forgiving and loving, accepted me with open arms. He said to me “I am with you” and in a second my heart went from weeping to rejoicing. In a second, I was no longer holding burdens or weight or myself up but I was at the feet of Jesus. And even though my week was covered in sin (from people around me and from myself) God still said “I am with you”.

I tell this story, because God knows we are human. God knows when we are hurting and he knows when we are rejoicing. But not only does he know, he wants to be with you. He is with you. And He loves you.