How are you?

How many times a day are you asked this question? We are asked this question by people we love and by people we see at the gym or the grocery store or any place we might go. They could be friends/aquatints or they could be strangers…

And when you are asked, are you honest with the person who asks, and yourself?

If most of you are like me, I usually answer, “good.” Which is not always the truth. Today the real answer should have been, “shitty.” My wife asked me several times this morning what was wrong and I replied nothing, which was an out right lie. I’m really getting effected by not having a call and feeling worthless. I know I should read the devotion from yesterday, as I said that we are all good, and none of us is worthless, but this is where I am today. Wondering why we chose to ask how complete strangers are doing, knowing that the answer we get is not always the truth…

Then today after I am feeling down and detached and wondering if my life is actually worth anything I read Psalm 115. God is the only one to whom we are to give glory. Not to ourselves, which is good, because today I’m not feeling very glorious, or even remotely worth anything… But God in the heavens, which in my understanding is every where, and does what He pleases.  He does what needs to be done in order that His will is done, and sometimes this seems good to us, and at times (where I am right now) we just do not understand. It seems like a dark valley headed towards death, but another psalm tells us a promise of Him walking with us even in this place!

We can trust the Lord to be our shield and our protection always. He will bless us, in His time not ours and to get that blessing we may just have to endure. Jesus endured death to achieve the blessing of rising and bringing  us all to life with God… He will bless us if we hold tight to the promises that He is always with us and will never forsake us. So hold tight to God and stand in the promise, even when you can not see how it will possibly ever get any better…

And the next time someone asks you how are you, answer them honestly. They may just be there to give you encouragement from the creator of the universe and if you tell them what you think they want to hear, you just might miss out.