So many thoughts swiveling my mind as I go about my daily
chores, yet pondering, reflecting on life. But I as sift through the clutter I
know there is a thought that constantly drags me back to ponder on it and mull over it
over and over again. I watch the days turn into weeks, the weeks turn into
months and the months swiftly turn into years, even decades.
I also wonder how time has gone by so quickly with so much
water under the bridge, so many changes, so many adjustments to various seasons
of life, so many changes in a world that this growing increasingly small thanks
to the internet and high speed travel.
What is starkly
different from the era gone by and this post modern era is, that it has come to
be defined by a generation with a very short attention span. Very few have the
tenacity to see things through over the long haul. “Bored” has become
fashionable and not an anomaly anymore. Today we see people chasing after
fleeting fads, the latest in music, fashion, relationships, job, gadget, car, home.
There is an in satiated hunger and perusal of the “next” whatever that may be
in the hope that that will fill the gnawing emptiness that needs to be filled
somehow.
And yet, in all the
clutter of our commodities, ironically, often unknown to us, what we are
actually in desperate search of the very opposite of “the next”! We all need that constant in our lives. It is that “constant” that grounds us,
keeps us rooted, is our internal compass when life throws a curved ball at us. It’s
what defines us, who we really are.
Sadly many are growing up in this existential world with no
concept of this compass in life, therefore are tossed by every “ googly”
life throws. Often we don’t know right from wrong therefore the choices
made are often just looking at things with a short term perspective not
understanding that everything we do has far reaching consequences not only for
ourselves but for those around us, for society at large and even for the one we
care about the most. The cause and effect of our actions have a ripple effect through the sands of time right into eternity.
That constant that we need and unknowingly are in search of
cannot and does not come from a life that is always changing. It has to come
from that which is not governed by the limits of time, culture, tradition or the finite mind of man. This constant must
transcend time – it is timeless.
Reflecting on
this I know that I have found this
constant in my life: unchanging, unwavering, rack steady to the very end. This
constant is not a thing. This constant has a name : Jesus. I am reminded of the
old hymn “all may change but Jesus never, glory to His name”. He is the
uncreated ONE who alone creates and sustains everything.
Not only is He eternal but I am always amazed at HIS unfailing,
unflinching, unflagging faithful love. This is constant and unchanging. There
is no situation too dark or big or messy where His hand cannot reach into and
pluck me out. He has been my north star, my constant in a very fast changing
world that lives in a tornado of the temporary.
In life’s journey that is full of wonderful memories and
painful ones; a journey checkered by uncertainties, shifting sands, fickle
relationships, health challenges etc, the one constant that I could throw
myself upon without any hesitation has been Jesus.
He is the one that faithfully leads us through thick and
thin, through the highs and the lows in our lives. He is my guiding light, my
moral compass, my salvation, my savior my faithful friend.
Reflecting on my 4 decade walk with him I felt the lyrics to
a song stir within me and so I wrote it as a testimony to this constant in my
life. It is a song of gratitude to my constant ever faithful God. My prayer is
that you will know Him as your faithful GOD and Constant too.
Faithfully you lead me
You restore my soul
Faithfully you keep me
When life seems out of control
Faithfully you hold me
In the palm of your hand
Faithfully you lift me up
And you help me stand
Faithfully you comfort
In the darkest night
Faithfully you strengthen
To stand up and fight
Faithfully you bind up
And heal a wounded heart
Faithfully you make a way
For a brand new start
Chorus
You’re my God through the valleys
You’re my God through the storms
You’re my God when I am broke
When all my strength has gone
You are God
Faithful God.
Faithfully you will finish
What you have begun
Faithfully you help me
To face and overcome
Faithfully you’ll give back
What was broken and lost
Giving beauty for ashes
So faithfully, O God
Bridge
Keeper of my heart and soul
I know you will make me whole
I have put my trust in you
I know you will make things new
To make all things new
©Navaz D’ Cruz, Aug 2014
