Friday... The abnormal turns back into normal.

The abnormal can have a lot of joy in it. It is different than normal but normal can also have joy but it can also have trouble.

I just said goodbye to our family from Colorado. I took them to Starbucks and got them some food for the road. We all had such a good time together. The ten of us had such a good time but now it is back to normal.

So what does your normal look like to you? You had such a good time eating and telling stories and celebrating yesterday but now the normal of life returns. So what is that like for you?

David writes in Psalm 55.22-23 (MSG) something that we need to realize. Yes I just said goodbye to our family from Colorado but the normal in my life is that God is still here and He is there, He is everywhere. And David says, "Pile your troubles on God's shoulders - he'll carry your load, he'll help you out. He'll never let good people tobble into ruin." and then the very last sentence of this Psalm says, "And I trust in you." Now that is what normal is to a follower of Christ.

Yes it is hard to say goodbye to people you love but we never have to say goodbye to God. We are never alone.

Brett and Marissa have two dogs and we have one. And Margaret my wife just shared with us all online that Turner, our dog is looking all around for his buddies. And that is reality. It is hard to say goodbye when someone lives somewhere else but we never have to do that with God. Oh, we can turn our back on Him but He is still so close.

Verse 22 in the Amplified Bible says, "Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail)". And that is what is normal to those who are followers of God.

So there can be peace and joy in our normal. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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