Good morning…
“Hi Sue,” she wrote yesterday, “I received this devotional sometime early in the pandemic and have saved it. It reminds me of your post this morning, Trusting Without Seeing.”
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Excerpt from The Moon Is Round by Sylvia Gunter
In times of crisis trust is a powerful weapon. I define trust as assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, and truth of God. When troubles come, we can ground ourselves in the truth of who God is for us…Trust looks for evidences that God is working when you can see Him and when you can’t.
For the past 20 years there is a phrase that our family has clung to when times get hard. “The moon is round.” It is from a song by Allen Levi. The lyrics of the song explained that from our perspective the moon is always changing – from a full moon, to half, to quarter, and sometimes just a sliver in the sky. Some nights the clouds cover it completely. But the truth is that the moon is always round. God can seem like the moon. Sometimes His presence is very easy to see. At other times we can’t see what He is doing, and we have to trust that He is there in all His fullness.
God doesn’t change. God doesn’t leave us. Even though it can feel like He is distant, He is near. In moments of crisis it may be hard to see Him or feel His presence. In the midst of the hard times when I try to pray, sometimes all I can say is “the moon is round” as a way of saying God, I don’t know what you are doing, but I trust you.
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Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in Him at all times…pour out your hearts before Him. God is a refuge for us (a fortress and a high tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! (Psalm 62:8, AMPC).
…Sue…
