There When You Need It

Not too long after Christa and I settled in to our house, we thought it would be important that we each have a flashlight or lantern in our mightstands in case the power went out. I suppose it was good preparations, but it never seemed to serve its purpose. It got in the way when I was trying to put my book down at night. I got in the way when I was trying to clean. But, it was right there if I needed it. Why did I need to have this thing around? The power never went out.

Earlier this week, we lost power in Oakfield. In fact, we lost power quite a few times in about an hour's time. We heard strange beeping sounds and we were trying to figure out why this was. I believe it was our answering machine resetting. Finally, the power went out for an extended period of time. We were both awake now. Since is was at night, there was no light.

Christa said, "Hey! It's nice that we have those flashlights by our bed." She was right! We could turn them on and see throughout the house. After all that time without being used, after all that time when they got it the way...they were useful, very useful.

That's how we see God sometimes. Until a crisis comes, God can lost or forgotten in a mountain of other things. We may know that He is there, but we don't think about Him. That night helped me to remember that we need not only look to God during times of crisis. We should look to God at all times and realize that he is always with us, in moments of crisis and in the moments of normalcy. It wonderful to know he is always helpful for us.