Sarah Nyhan

I Gave Up

Sunsets

  • Alright

    I was driving down a busy street today. I saw a large puppy cowering on the sidewalk. Afraid of all the traffic. Looking skinny and thirsty. I pulled onto the next side street. Sure enough he came over to me.

    “What am I going to do with this dog, Lord? I can’t have a dog right now. But how can I just leave him here?”

    A woman pulls up behind my car. “Is that a stray dog?” “Yes ma’am, I’m not able to take him.”

    I tell her how I found him. She offers to take him. I help her load him up in her car. Muddy paws on her seat, and all.

    Answered prayer. So quickly. Almost just as the words were thought in my mind. Amazing. Gives me confidence that everything else will be ok.

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  • Rise

    We are also risen together in Jesus. Good news indeed. And a beautiful sunset to close out the day.

     

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  • Light

    Sometimes all we can see in our limited vision is the darkness. But The Light never goes away. Even when we can’t see. He doesn’t bring us out into the desert to die. #NeverGiveUp

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  • Real People Too

    “To share something is to risk losing it… if we hoard and hide what we love, we can still lose it. Only then we’re alone in the loss.” – From The Broccoli Tree Parable

    Sometimes it seems like you do everything correctly with the best intentions but then things don’t seem to work out. Doesn’t mean it was a waste of time. Give me Your eyes, Jesus. 💙 Hope from You changes everything, changes the whole perspective. The whole view. #NeverGiveUp

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  • Presence and Glory

    March 4, 2018 sunset.

    Heart-warming mind-blowing thought of the day: God spared no expense. To create us and then ensure that we would be with Him forever. That is love. Not ego. One thing you can count on.

    All the rest of the details? Ask and you shall receive. Knock. Seek. Doors will be opened. You will find. And be found.

    Presence has been the theme for me the past twenty-four hours. Knowledge is great. But not an end. All this studying is a path. To be in communion with our Creator. Worship as in participatory celebrating. Take your seat at the table. Experience and encounter God and His love for us. In truth. Christ in us. Our hope. His glory.

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  • Magnificent

    Tonight’s magnificent sunset. Spring is in the air. New life. Thank You, God.

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  • Wait

    The sun was fading. I saw it bright and beautiful. I chased after it. I went to where I have always known it to be. But as I stood there, just the darkening of clouds. The slow fade away.

    I thought for sure it was over. I stood around for a bit but walked away as all I could see were clouds. Distanced myself.

    Then a few minutes later, turned back around and the sky was a brilliant pink. Purples. What I had been waiting for all along. It was too late to catch it. I was already too far away.

    A reminder that Christ does not snuff out the smoldering wick or break the bruised reed. We are so quick to give up. Especially in this culture of now now now. Everything we want within a seconds reach.

    But if I’ve been given a promise, if I’ve seen the hand of God undeniably, should I not hold on until He tells me no? Silence is not the same as a no. Silence could just be a not now.

    I feel for my namesake, Sarah. All those years. God, did You really mean what I thought You said? Was it just me, Lord? Did I make it all up?

    I think of the Israelites as Moses went up on the mountain. They grew impatient and gave up. Made their own way. My namesake grew impatient and gave up. Made her own way. Always with catostrophic results.

    I don’t blame them. But I want to hold on. I keep praying: God, make me like Joshua and Caleb. I don’t want to live my life based on how the situation appears. I want to live my life on Your promises.

    Only the strength of the Lord. Mine gave out long ago. And so I pray. And He gives me manna for another day. Keeps me close.

    I pray we won’t make decisions based on our fears. I’d rather risk and be wrong than fall back and regret. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. If it’s not over then it’s not over. Even if things look impossible. My God is so big and so mighty. There’s nothing my God cannot do. Never give up.

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