Love has a hem to her garment
That reaches the very dust.
It sweeps the stains
From the streets and lanes
And because it can, it must.
~ Mother Theresa

Today was a discouraging day. Filled with horror and dismay over certain situations that were, altogether, out of my control. I have been bombarded with emotional trials, and have found little relief, outside of my few precious moments of solitude in the early mornings and the late evenings… I found myself questioning God and begging Him for understanding about the painful things in this world, and for His precious arms to wrap me in a comforting embrace. I was desperate to climb into His presence and stay there, and being so dismayed, it was not an easy task to just focus on Him. So I came home to my sweet Nana and asked her to read with me. Out of habit, I pulled out the Charles Spurgeon, “Morning and Evening,” devotional that we often read together and then sat down. My Nana, on the other hand, retrieved another devotional and pulled out an old bookmark from it, that had the Mother Theresa quote typed out onto it from years ago, and simply handed it to me.
 Sometimes, I wonder at God’s grace and mercy, and I question the things that seem unjust and unrighteous. I want to scream at the unjust things that I see and hear, I want to fight the things, the people, who misrepresent Jesus and the gospel, and I question God’s plan and His wisdom and wonder why He doesn’t strike blasphemous people down dead, and then wonder why He doesn’t strike me down for the same reason…” Seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.”  It is a simple answer. Plain enough to penetrate this simple mind of mine, and complex enough to draw me into a web of discovery. “Love has a hem to her garment that reaches the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and the lanes. And because it can, it must.” BECAUSE IT CAN, IT MUST ( Mother Theresa).  Everyone was created for God, and we are born seeking life, and we continue seeking life until the day we die. There is no reasoning behind it, and most people would not know how to tell you why they seek life, other than they were created, born, to search for something deeper than themselves, and even then, some would not know to use the word created at all, because it indicates that there is some grand design, or purpose, for their lives that might be out of their control. But, because we can seek life, we must seek life. It is in our DNA, it is a part of our souls and it is our calling to be a part of something bigger than ourselves… And the biggest thing I can think to be a part of is God’s plan. I remember reading an account about George Muller once, which stood out to me because of the simplicity of his belief, and the power that God bestowed upon him for that belief.  The key sentence that stood out to me was this, “ Mr. Muller ( captain of the ship speaking) do you realize how dense the fog is?” “No.” He replied, “My eye is not on the dense fog but on the living God, who controls every circumstance of my life (Streams in the Desert. 315).” I am realizing more and more that as life gets stickier and as I become more aware of all the awful circumstances people go through in this life, that the answer George Muller gave is the response I should have, in every dense and foggy situation. It’s not about how confusing the circumstances are, or how big the issue at stake seems to be, my focus need not be on the circumstance, but rather on the one who is in complete control over all situations in this life, Jesus.  I think that if my focus remains on Jesus and who He is, then I will be less distracted and worried about the gnats that seem to loom like giants when my gaze has shifted from the Lord.  I am glad indeed, that Jesus’ hem of love reaches the dusty streets of my heart, and that He does not give up on me as He continues to carry me on towards a child-like faith in Him. I am glad that I do not walk on this path of life alone, but that Jesus is quick to send me aid in my days of trouble, guidance in my time of dismay and comfort in my time of fear….the list is endless, and I could not be more grateful to Him than I am today. I look forward to my future, knowing that He will teach me more of Himself every day and that as time moves on I will look back and continue to say, “I am more grateful to Him today, than I ever was before.”