Thought #30

Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an alter to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.

- Genesis 35: 3

Where is that place for you, that House of God (Bethel)?  Figure that out and you'll be alright.  I'm telling you, everything will be alright.  You'll get through this  You'll make it.  It's not always a matter of perseverance.  You're allowed to stop some times.  You don't have to keep going at the same pace; you don't want to burn out.  But I'm telling you, it's okay.  Things are changing.

Find that place.  

Find that home.  

Find God.  

And then come to realize that the Lord has been there the whole time. Know that He answers you in your time of distress.  Know that He has been with you wherever you have gone.

So bring yourself before your Maker.  Go there, to the Almighty.  It's not one specific place.  It's where God dwells.  It's where you first noticed Him.

And then bring everything to a God who shows His steadfast love.  Build yourself an alter.  And give an offering.  Give what you can.  If that is nothing but yourself, then give it.  If that is everything that comprises your world, then give it all.  But arise and go up to the House of God.  Do what is necessary.  And do it because here is a God who answers you, who is with you - from everlasting to everlasting (Psalm 90:2).

Know that whatever you do and wherever you go in life, God will be there.  But know also that you need to bring yourself to your God.

(You will make it through.  No worries.)