Who You Gonna Call?
Who you gonna call? I know about 75% of y'all just said, "Ghostbusters!" Perhaps for another time and place, you can call Ghostbusters! For today, I was thinking we can call on Jesus! My grandma Reynolds, or as my daughter so affectionately called her "grandma noodles!" because when she was three years old Reynolds was hard to say. Anyway, my grandma taught me that Jesus has a phone number, it is Jeremiah 33:3 it says, "Call to me and I will answer you; and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." That's right instant access to Jesus, no call waiting, no voicemail, no party line (I know I'm showing my age!) no busy signal, just instant access anytime, anywhere, twenty-four hours a day seven days a week.
Now, I usually do not get too personal but God has laid it on my heart that maybe you need to know a little more about what he has helped me through. When I was in grade school, I was the chubby girl, I was made fun of and bullied. So I identify with those that have been rejected. When I was eleven, my dad who drove a truck, stopped coming home and filed for divorce and walked out on my mom and me. I can identify with the fatherless. I lacked for self-confidence most of my life, so I identify with those that lack for confidence. I am a mama of two incredibly great kids, I am a grammy to three adorable grandsons. I know what it is like to juggle life, work, and kids. I have been divorced so I identify with those that have loved and lost. I lost my mom to cancer fifteen years ago so I know how bad it hurts to lose a parent. I have done some awful things in my life that God redeemed me from so I know what it is to be a runaway and for God to come find me. I am remarried so I know how great it is to find love again. You see God has allowed me to go through some pretty hurtful things and some great things in my life, but it has not all been in vain. God has put it on my heart that whatever I've been through someone else may be going through it now, and may very well need my help.
In all of this hurt and mess that I have been through the one absolute constant was and is God. Anytime I didn't hear His voice was because I moved away, and I didn't call out. You see God will never leave us, He is always there. Hebrews 13:5 God says, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." No matter what situation you find yourself in, how low you feel, how much you have been hurt, no matter how bad you feel like you messed up, God is just a call away. Psalm 86:5 says, "For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you." Please remember you are not alone, God is always with you. If you do not know Christ as your savior, please send a message through my blog and I will be happy to show you how you can know Him personally.
Thank you, Jesus, for being accessible anytime night or day. Thank you for loving us, and never leaving us. Help us, Jesus, to use the things good and bad that we have been through to help others get through.