Issue 1554 Scrapheap Blues September 19, 2024
I stopped alongside an abandoned farmhouse to stretch my legs. I had been driving for too many hours and needed a break.
The farm was still in use, with a fancy new home just a quarter mile up the road. This spot had become the place where all the junk was accumulated. A few old granaries and outbuildings stood there looking neglected and forlorn.
There were piles and bins of old tires. There were assorted scraps of lumber and piles of rusted-out old vehicles and equipment. Perhaps someday some of it might be used as parts, but I think, by and large, it was simpler to pile it up here than haul it to the dump.
Sometimes, life leaves us feeling like that old corner of the farm. We feel abused, neglected, and left out in the weather to slowly decay. Our friends seem to have abandoned us, and we wonder if we will ever serve any useful function again.
I have heard people of every age group, from young teens to the over-90 crowd, speak of feeling that way sometimes. It is a feeling that transcends racial and social barriers. Rich people and poor alike can fall victim to the scrap heap blues.
When the world has left us feeling rusted out when people have left us disappointed, and when circumstances relegate us to the junk pile, where can we turn?
There is only one place. We must turn to the Lord. Our heavenly Father is a master of taking bits of old junk and making wondrous creations out of them. In Him, we can flourish and be all He created us to be. He never abandons His children.
For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in. Psalm 27:10
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; Psalm 94:12-14
He has not abandoned you. He has not left you in a field to rust away. He is still close by, walking with you every step of the way. There may be times when we feel abandoned, but His Word promises that we will never be.
Until next time, rejoice that He loves us enough to always be close.
Be blessed
Hallelu Yah / Praise God
Kevin
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