God on the Verge

I can't help feeling and thinking that I am on the verge, like most of us these days.  On the verge, or edge, of a lot, good or bad.  It's an uncomfortable and tenuous position to be in, like "on the fence," or "almost there."  I don't like it!  But I must put my faith into action again and again, and learn to love what God brings.  I am learning to be comfortable on the verge.

After months of anxiety and worry about the economy, we're on the verge.  Will the bottom come soon?  Will it get worse?  Like my friend Scott says, "Has the Titanic hit the iceberg yet?"  God only knows.  I say, "at least the Titanic had an orchestra!"

After years of working hard, there's more work to be done - more jobs to get, more money necessary to make ends meet.  I'm on the verge of being financially sound and safe, but not quite there yet.  I am going to stop worrying and take more actions. The time is now to spend less, conserve, work harder.  God knows, we will survive.

Being on the verge really really tests one's faith.  No longer able to take comfort or find strength in career, the job, the possessions, there's only one thing to do when near or at the bottom.  That is to put my entire life into the care of my Creator.

So, I send you greetings from the edge.  I wave to you, dear friend, with arm outstretched from the verge.  The future is now so completely unknown, only one thing is clear: worrying doesn't help.  There's no use in letting panic, dread or fear stop me in my tracks, and be stuck on the edge.  The clear and only way is to have faith, stronger than ever before, that there is a reason why we're falling and searching for answers.

We're on the verge so we will reach for something more.  Something more than money.  Something more than a false sense of security from our pretty things, our big homes and car, our cool techno toys.  Something REAL. The only reality I am finding is the one that is unseen, unheard, invisible to the limited human senses - a spiritual reality that exists because I have been rescued and revived time-and-time-again.  GOD IS REAL.  God exists.  He doesn't cost anything, either; all we need to do is ask him for help.  Then help arrives; you can bank on it.

More and more these days, I'm learning that putting all I have into God is the only stability I find.  Everything else is only illusion and fleeting worldliness.