Solid

Consider with me for a moment this term.  What comes to your mind when you think of something being solid or a solid? Brick, metal, rock perhaps some of us, like those of us who live in and around Iowa may think of ice, as it is January after all.  What are the properties of an object that are solid? I often think of solid as being only that which is tangible- something I can see, taste, touch and feel.  In reality, I am not looking to testify to the nature of a solid, but what I know in my own life to be solid.  You see, in recent times, once again my family has faced uncertainty. I can't really speak for all of us, but I am also fairly certain that many of you have also faced uncertainty, seek answers, or pose questions about life. I am fully aware that there are people out there that like to run the course of life spontaneously, on the edge and with little regard to normalcy. 
But here is the real me... I like life to be neat and tidy generally. I want to be positively comfortable, certain and secure. I admittedly lack patience for unpredictability.  It messes with my happy, may cause me to squirm or even have a level of distrust if left unchecked.
Interestingly enough my life hasn't really fit the mold of certainty!  Has yours? So what is it I have learned, am learning, and will continue to learn?  Life is uncertain.  Not new news. I know that.  But it's not every day that I feel as if I face uncertainty, so sometimes it seems as if it sneaks up on me.  So what I do with uncertain times? I go to the Lord.  He is my Rock and my Refuge my ever present help in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1.  Times of trouble yes, but also at ALL times.  You cannot get much more certain, more reliable, more solid than that. 
Notice where that verse comes from.  The Bible.  I am very thankful, and humbled when asked where to look to for guidance, strength, answers, peace, power, purpose, faith, wisdom, security.  I most passionately pursue a prompt response to those types of questions with "God and His Word".  We live in a generation that literally has the world at its finger tips. We can google, text, email, vacation, ipay, visit a doctor online and listen to virtually any famed speaker on any frequency.  We can talk to Siri and order life on Amazon.  We know how to breach continents with the click of a finger on a device.  There is little we are forced to wait for let alone to wait upon. Life appears secure, until one piece of our tightly wound, ordered and packaged up life becomes uncertain.  And the only One then we can be certain of is the One.  The Alpha and the Omega.  He is and holds the beginning and the end. You can choose to disagree, but it doesn't make it any less true.  So if we think of life, the certainty is that it is uncertain.  Who will be your Source?  Where does your confidence lie?  My forever answer I humbly cling to is, God. Yes, all I hold dear is wrapped up in that One being and the Word that He spoke that remains forever. Isaiah 40:8. I trust Him to hold that uncertainty, to love me and be the One I am certain of and hope in.  He is My Source, My Song, My Joy, My Strength...He can be yours to, I am certain of it. Life may take me by surprise, through hills and valleys, and I may not be allowed to see what happens next, but I am beyond thankful that I can trust God.  I am deeply grateful for "just today" approach to life God has granted me.  It is my humble prayer that you and I remain faithful to Him throughout all our days. The beauty is that even when life is uncertain, I can lay my doubt, ambiguity, and fears before Him and his unchangeable character remains faithful to me. He says He will never leave me nor forsake me. This is where I stand, on solid Truth, grounded in Him and His Word.