* What happens when your restaurant closes?
* What happens when your job ceases?
* What happens when friends and family fade away?
* What happens when there’s financial loss?
* What happens when there’s betrayal?
* What happens when jobs are grueling or nonexistent?
* What happens when you lose a house?
* What happens when there’s illness?
* What happens when there’s death?
* What happens when your spouse is living/working miles away?
* What happens when there’s loneliness?
BOOM! Your shelter crumbles. You’re robbed of happiness.
You’re not sure where to turn. You crawl deeper into a shell creating a smaller
‘comfort zone.’
Is it healthy to live in such a comfort zone? I think not,
and you most likely agree! Have you heard the advice, “Life begins living once
you step out of your comfort zone.”? Living with securities generated from this
kind of sheltered life could stifle creativity, growth, and courage. Not my
securities! My life began when I discovered a comfort zone and refused to
leave. Now, I am empowered and
experience joy in the storms!!!!
As a believer, my Father is always present, and He knows the
best path for me (and for you!) I can walk under His umbrella, or choose to
walk away – listening to my own logic or others. My God, my Savior, my Spirit –
He is my comfort zone. Each time I experienced a “What happens…” from above,
God has provided exactly what I needed. He is my shelter, joy, friend, courage,
provider, strength, healer, comforter, and hope. Living in (and trusting) my
comfort zone of being a child of God empowers me to withstand and overcome each
storm, to try something new, and to embrace change.
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will
strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right
hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
This is where I remain. Do I ever leave my comfort zone? Foolishly, yes. Although, with each weathered storm, growth, and miracle; I run more rapidly and readily to God. Try it. As you repeatedly choose Christ as your comfort zone, you will recognize when you’ve stepped out, and will eagerly run back into His arms.
Preserve me, O God, for in you I
take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16: 1,2,7,8,11 (ESV)
~Jenny~