Some days you just need a new view. The desire to get away and be refreshed is overwhelming as the demands of daily living continue to exact their pressure with rigid regularity. Like an assembly line, you are the laundry team, the dish team, the school teacher, the referee, the mentor, the meal team, back to the laundry. And then it happens, something that shatters the routine, and you just want the routine back again.
In this strange land, you certainly have a new view, new perspective. You wonder, "How do I get back? " Look to the left and the right, those are the fields of grace. Those expanses and valleys of nothing over miles may look desolate but look closer, the fields of grace. That's the passage. The best way forward. There in the fields of grace, God has renewal. He has rest and hope and peace and restoration. Do you see the table He set for you, there in the presence of your enemy? It feels like war, and you are ready for battle but it's time to recline. The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still.
As you pass through the fields of grace, take time to rest, to linger, to absorb the sunlight and breathe in the freshness. As you take another step and another, you realize the pace is quite different than the routine from which you were so abruptly taken. The timing is terrible, the situation difficult, but inside of it, just for you, there is a place. Rest in Him, recline at His table, lay your burdens down and just breathe, that freshness that only comes with His grace.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may find mercy and grace in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
