Beacon in the Night

I know that I haven't been blogging for some time. Life has been meandering through some difficult times. I am so thankful that we never get to see into the future or else we would sit worrying about how we would manage life with all the twists and turns that we would see. I am thankful that as Christians, when we arrive at some of those difficult places, we can trust God to be the beacon of light in that dark night. He never fails us, his love is always there, even if we do not feel his presence or sense him. His word promises us that he is there and that he will help us. He is no stranger to any difficulty that comes our way. His ways are always higher and we must rest in that. He helps to lead us through those times even when we don't ask for his help because it is his responsibility to shepherd us and get us through this life and into glory. Even if that path seems murky and full of darkness, and we become temporarily blind, it is still God's heart to rescue us and lead us into clarity again.
The last few months have not been easy as I said goodbye to my dear dad and prayed him into the eternal hands of our loving heavenly father. There are many emotions that one feels when when walking through grief and sometimes the conflicting emotions are hard to understand. I know that it is something that only God can truly comfort us in and he does, in many ways. He is our beacon of light in that dark night too. He allows us to feel that real loss and yet we have a hope of the next life and of being with them again. That is something that I am eternally grateful for. We always have hope as a Christian. Hope is a wonderful thing.