Stand By Me

"Extraordinary difficult circumstances require extraordinary courage."

Today's post is a little later than normal...my morning was a bit rushed and it seems like I haven't had a break yet.

Today's devotional was entitled "Stand By Your Man". I wasn't sure what to expect from it and I was a bit surprised with the different stories and examples that the author used today. There was one woman who "stood by her man" after he was paralyzed from the neck down. Another women who was engaged to a man who was a soldier in Iraq and married him when he returned after being completely mutilated from a bombing. And the last women, a wife who'd been married for 26 years to her husband when finding out that he cheated on her. She decided to forgive him and work things out in their marriage.

Three very different situations and scenarios to look at and learn from. I haven't had to deal with anything like this but I know that the little things can even be hard to handle.

I'm not sure what challenges we will face in the future, but I know that God has given me the strength and courage to get through whatever comes or way. I know that it is sometimes tough to "stand by" and wait out the hurt, but the outcome and healing that comes from waiting is what we all need to strive for.

"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?"
                      Jeremiah 32:27