Resiliency
Throughout high school, I always remember teachers trying to prepare everyone for what life would look like after they graduated. The process always seemed so easy and smooth. Graduate High School, take a year off, work, or head to post-secondary, graduate with a degree, start a career, have a family, and so on. One lesson I learned quickly after High School was resilience. Throughout life, knowing how to navigate the highs and lows is crucial.
One year ago, my family and I listened to God’s call and moved to Dawson Creek, BC. Leading up to this, our family endured hardship, clung to the Lord and became resilient. For us, this meant experiencing peace and hope amidst the difficulties and challenges in life. We made the choice to run in to the arms of God, surrendering and yielding ourselves to Christ, allowing Him to lead us, and hold us up. This is our story of resiliency.
This past June, as a church, we worked through the book of Daniel, reading about the amazing stories of hope, resilience and perseverance. These stories are so good to cling to in the middle of hard times and stories that can produce resilience in our own lives. In Daniel, we see how Daniel and his friend’s initial expectations were to live a smooth and easy life, but when faced with uncertainty and unexpected circumstances, they had to make a choice. They were either going to deny God by following what culture wanted or to pursue Christ and go against what the world wanted. In the end, Daniel and his friends chose faith, and God was able to show up to bless them and give them a way out.
Life is about choosing God when we want to give up and throw in the towel. Daniel is an example of resiliency for each of us, knowing that when we choose God, we will come out stronger in the end.
Regan Fossen – Lead Pastor, Dawson Creek Alliance Church
