“Once one has encountered God everything has changed. One does not lead a charmed life – but it is amazing how charming the commonplace can become. One still has heavy work to do, but one works with assurance and poise. One still has temptations to meet, but they have been robbed of their power. One runs into adversity, but the inner certainty remains.” – Albert E Day
This quote sums up something I’ve felt most of my life, but could never quite articulate accurately. People often question life with God. The big question is usually, “If God is so great, why do bad things continue to happen to believers?” Albert Day brilliantly sheds light on the answer. The belief in a higher power establishes an “inner certainty” that forms the core of the soul. For me, this inner certainty sets me apart from all that happens in my life and in the world around me. I see it all. I feel it all. I experience it all – both bad and good – but I live above it. Looking back on my darkest of darkest days, I just knew there was something there, acting like a spine, holding me up, through the adversity.
Life is not ever going to be free of adversity, but life in the Lord changes my perspective of the adversities of life. Life, within the belief of a higher power, governs how I respond to adversity. I have learned that no matter how hard I try to control the outcome of a situation, my efforts will have no effect. When I leave the trouble in the hands of the Lord and let things take their course, things work themselves out better than any way I ever could have done it.
In the quote above I especially love the part about how even the commonplace takes on a new air when viewed through “God goggles”. Sort of how new and clear my backyard looks after a summer rain. Everything has a new “shine”, crinkling with freshness.
And so, as another day goes by, one does “run into adversity, but the inner certainty remains”, each and every day, and…I have written.
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