Mirror Mirror | Times of Solace

Times of reflection are the best way to start a week.

Ask yourself this question:“Where do you find solace?

This is something that has elluded me for most of my life. In these last few years, I have sought solace in God and he has taught me so many things.

I was drawn out of the city I had known my entire life. It was where my grief started but it was also where my joy was birthed. I was a witness to murder, rape and misfortunes many never know. However, I was also a witness to new life — the birth of my children and grandchildren.

Leaving all of that behind birthed in me a season I had never known. A time to be alone with God. A time to draw from his strength and his strength alone.

Religion will never lend a hand of comfort. It can’t. It’s based on rules and regulations.

In these times of consolation with the King of Kings, the Holy of Holies — I have found gratitude, peace and restoration. Not in the ways I thought I needed but in the simplicity of love.

The restoration I have found just learning His ways have spoken to the bleak corners of my soul and breathed life back into them. The joy of looking out at the snow-capped mountains, the many birds that happen by and the joy of silence. It has changed me. Not the territory but God himself.

I am honored he found me worthy to call me by name. To hunt me down until I found rest by his side. What a good good father he is.

Times of solace — the place where I found gratitude.

Let God find you. Let his peace reign. Let your control end. I pray that God restores the vision back to you. #UCU