I have been experiencing many overwhelming circumstances. Feeling crushed by the weight of bombarding situations and seeing no end in sight, from this season I write. I wanted my blog to encourage and uplift others by sharing good testimonies, but it seems that God wants me to write from this uncomfortable place I am in.

A friend encouraged me to learn all I can through this season. Through- meaning it will pass and I will come out victorious. In this moment I am turning my eyes from the hopelessness around me to the One who gives Hope.

Sometimes when troubles bear down, we tend to forget about all the things that God has done in our lives and we begin to think He has forgotten and forsaken us. We do not think this may be a time God is wanting to use to bring us into a deeper relationship with Him. Yes, it may seem like He is a million miles away, that your prayers don’t even make it passed the ceiling; but the God of all creation has promised He will never leave you nor forsake you. He also promised that He would give the Comforter, who would dwell within you.

If God has brought me to this season, then I want to learn. I want Him to reveal things I have never known, and bring me to a place I have never been before. To do this, He may have to allow things that leave me in a place with no where or no one else to turn to, that I must trust Him like I never have before. I must have faith like I have never experienced before.

As I opened the pages of my Bible, I discovered that the word overwhelmed was only written in the Old Testament. Numerous times, the psalmist cried out to God while he endured overwhelming situations.

I read in Psalm 77, not only did David write how he felt during the season he was in, but I noticed he also reminded himself of God’s unfailing goodness.
He wrote, “But I will remember…”
“I will remember…”
“Surely I will remember…”
“I will also meditate… and talk of Your deeds.”

In this season I will remember all of God’s goodness. He has been with me since, as a child, I first believed in Christ and accepted Him as Lord and Savior of my life. If it had not been for His mercy and grace, I cannot say where I would be today. Throughout my life I can see God moments- those times when God showed up and said I am here. Sometimes He came in a whisper and sometimes with lightning and thunder- but He came.

In this time, He is asking, Child, do you remember?

In the book of Joshua, as the children of Israel were finally ready to enter the Promised Land, the water of the Jordan River parted and they walked through on dry land during flood stages. The Lord instructed Joshua to have twelve men gather twelve stones from the river bed that would be set up as a memorial to the people. God told them to tell their children, when they ask what the stones meant in time to come.

Other places in God’s Word stones were set up as reminders for His children. In 1 Samuel 7:12, Samuel set up a stone and named it Ebenezer which means “stone of help” because “thus far has the LORD helped us.”

As my friend encouraged me that this season would pass, and quoted Psalm 61:2
From the ends of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
The Holy Spirit is revealing to me that Jesus is the Rock of my Salvation. When I am overwhelmed, lead me to the place where Jesus poured out His love. Lead me to the place where He gave mercy and grace. Jesus and His finished work on the cross is God’s memorial stone.  What He did on the cross, what He has done every step of the way in my life. He has set up memorial stones so that I would not forget His faithfulness, and that I would tell others.

Yes, the barrage of circumstances is all around me, but today I will remember and today I will tell of God’s faithfulness!