This time it’s Kelly.

I lead a life that is flurried with struggle. Maybe you do too?

Maybe our struggles are the same, or maybe they are different.

But one thing is the same, Christ overcame them on the cross. For each of us. Individually, and we read this in Isaiah this week.

It’s been about a decade since I was diagnosed with OCD. With that diagnosis came intense relief, and yet intense fear as well. How do I cope with this? How will it manifest? After therapy, and psychologists and medicine (best choice for ME) I was able to finally place my feet on solid ground. This was of course with a lot of prayer, community, trust, and faith.

After that initial breakthrough and prevailing success- I was very unprepared for a second bout with this ugly thorn about a year later. But it came. And God delivered me through it. Only through Him, I tell you though. And then a third bout. And a fourth. And a fifth. And by now I’ve lost count.

Life has become more difficult and yet so much sweeter with a husband and toddler now in the mix. I have more responsibility, more love, and more to fear.

I’m in the middle of one of those lost-count-bouts now. One that brings with it waves of emotions and lots of tears. With fears controlling my thoughts and my mind having the diagnosed inability to let go- I forcibly remind myself of all that God has done. Because for all those battles that I’ve been through and lost count, God has delivered me every time. He’s delivered me so many times that I’ve LOST COUNT. What a praise that is.

With the tears that sometimes run like a faucet, I tell myself this is how I will make room. I get rid of those tears that hold fear and unknown and tomorrow and I make room for Him. For His promises. For His daily manna, enough just for today.

In Isaiah we read about all the sin that Christ bore, to redeem us. “He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

I belong to him. I am healed through him. The fears that I let sometimes have control are why he died. He bought me with a price, and I will not allow the fears that Satan whispers to keep me silent about who God is and what He has done for me. I will not forget that He is faithful.  I will not be like an Israelite who doubted the promises and forgot the deliverance that their God continually provided. With this affliction comes great opportunity. I will choose undoubtedly, to be reminded of Him and to tell others of his unfailing love.

Sometimes when I’m struggling I’ll choose an anthem full of God’s promises to strengthen me. Almost like a musical altar, built to remember what God has done so as time passes and I hear that song again, I am reminded of His great love and faithfulness. Here is the song God provided this time:

Control by Tenth Avenue North

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Face2Face

• Read Isaiah 53:9 and Hebrews 12:2
  • How do these two verses relate to one another?
  • What is our role in these verses?
• Read Hebrews 9: 1-28
  • Specifically focus on what Christ did and why.
  • Write out how this chapter supports Isaiah 53.
  • How can you apply these scriptures to your life right now?

Feeling Ambitious?

• Read the following scriptures. List every detail given in these scriptures.
  • Matthew 27:45
  • Mark 15:33
  • Luke 23: 44-45
• Using your concordance, look up scriptures concerning darkness.
• Based on your study, what occurred during the three hours of darkness on the cross?
  • Try not to use any outside resources other than a concordance and your Bible.