The Final Hour...

Do you ever have those realizations that hit you like a shock wave? One minute you're doing fine - maybe not coasting along the highway of life, but certainly getting by - and suddenly, Whamo! Right in your windshield screen:

"I GRADUATE IN 54 DAYS... WHERE AM I GOING?"

Zip, boom, bah, four years is gone in a flash, and the future is full of shadows.
Then the inevitable questions arise: Where will I be? What will I do? How will I handle not living the college life? Will I keep in contact with my friends? Am I going to get a job? What if my "plans" fall through? Will I fail? Who am I, really? Am I ready for this?
And then, just when panic sets in, the skies turn ominous, you're at your wits end, and you think you might break down and start listening to sappy Lettermen songs to let you have a good cry... that still, small voice speaks:

"Be still, and know that I [am] God..." - Psalms 46:10
"...My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - II Corinthians 12:9

Whose weakness? Mine. Whose strength? His.
Aren't we fortunate to have shoulders of limitless love and abounding mercy to lean upon?
Thank you Father... thank you so much.