Just when you thought it was okay to go back into the water...Is the theme music to "Jaws" playing in your head?

Hey, sorry for taking so long between post on my blog. Our lives have been full and a little stressful over the past few weeks. No excuse for not writing but none the less a reason.

In the past few months, Shelly and I, along with Kara, have been experiencing some difficult days in regard to Shelly's health. We believe that we may be past the worst of it thanks to God and his grace and the use of medicine. Through this time of our life the name of my blog has come to be a great reminder that things do pass, it won't always be the way it is now. Again, if things are going well for you, hold on, it will pass. If things are not going well for you, hold on, it will pass. This idea of "And it came to pass" is really a law of natural occurrences. Things change for everyone, not just believers. But it is in the place that we put our hope that makes all the difference.

For those who are not followers of Christ, hope is placed in things like medicine, stock market, job, 401K, family, etc. All of these, while not bad in and of themselves, are destined to perish and change. For the believer, its different. Our hope is in Christ! He is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. He never sleeps nor slumbers. He is faithful from generation to generation. Even while being pursued by Saul, David never lost his faith and knew that his hope was in the Lord. The psalmist writes in Psalms 121 "I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth" The writer here finds himself in the valley surround by the hills where the enemy has an "advantage" point over him and yet from those same hills the LORD comes and rescues and gives the victory.

For all you who follow my blog your hope is in the Lord and for that I am thankful. Keep your eyes lifted up to the Lord, no matter what circumstance you may be in today.