Bumpy road

Life has been bumpy here lately it seems, frigid temps, cranky babies, frustrated mamas & daddys, lack of sun, personal disappointments, friends in great pain-- though all of that mixed with triumphs big & small along the way (conquering small battles like the social security office, traffic court with a toddler, a clogged shower, nitty gritty financial junk, and big ones like seeking employment after voluntarily resigning from a job to be a stay-at-home-mom). I'm a glass is half-full type of girl, but recently I've wanted to just smash the glass and throw whatever's in it to the wind. I hope you don't mind my candor. I'll try to keep the raw "choice" words that are on the tip of my tongue in check & leave it at that description.

I don't write often about my personal religious or spiritual viewpoints but in light of circumstances lately & mentioned above, I can't help but share with you where I find my own anchor & peace in the midst of these "bumps in the road". Right now they don't just feel like "bumps" but hurdles the size of mountains. I believe in a God that is higher than all of the stuff going on in my world and all around me and I have been flung, almost literally on the Word from Him over the past 3 or 4 days. I admit at times that I question whether He's real or what I read in the bible (the Word") is actually true for me still today, but I know this for sure, He hasn't let me down yet & I will keep seeking and praying that He won't. Below are some excerpts that have been especially comforting to me, maybe they will speak to you as well. Blessing to you all & I hope you have Someone you're able to cling to as well if you're on a "bumpy road" too. I wish the best for all of you.
Love & Peace,
Hannah

Psalm 62:5-8

"For God alone, Oh my Soul, wait in silence, for my Hope is from Him. 

He only in my Rock & my Salvation, my Fortress; 

I shall not be shaken."

Psalm 9:9-10

"The Lord is a Stronghold for the oppressed, 

a Stronghold in times of trouble.

And those who know Your Name put their trust in You,

for You oh Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You."

Luke 1:37

"For nothing will be impossible with God."

Psalm 4:8

"In peace will I both lie down & sleep;

for You alone, oh Lord, make me dwell in safety."

Matthew 6:25-34

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, 

what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body...

Is not life more than food, & the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow now reap, nor gather into barns, 

and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. 

Are you not of more value than the birds?

And who can add a single hour to their life by being anxious?..

therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, 

for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Isaiah 40:28-31

"Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The Lord is the Everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary;

His understanding is unsearchable.

He give power to the faint,

and to him who has no might he increases strength...

they that wait for the Lord will renew their strength;

they will mount up with wings like eagles;

they will run & not be weary;

they will walk & not grow faint."