Christie Love

Gaps can make us feel lost, powerless, and overwhelmed.

gaps do not come with warning labels, directional maps, or detailed agendas.

we often feel forced to become a back seat driver on a journey to an unknown destination. You are now along for a ride, one often dictated by outside circumstances or other people.

Salvation saves us from our sin. It doesn’t separate us from this world’s struggles.

God sent his own son into the world not to live a safe life but to struggle. While Jesus was on earth, he endured persecution, angry crowds, questions about who he was, and an undeserved death on a cruel cross. Jesus willingly walked the gap between Gethsemane and Golgotha for our benefit. He embraced his struggle because he understood that it was not rooted out of punishment but out of purpose.

Jesus experienced struggle so he was able to share caution with his disciples and all believers with authority. He told them, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.” (John 16:33, NLT)

We are all imperfect people living in an imperfect world. A world that is sin-saturated and full of brokenness, so despite our Christian Checklists and best efforts to avoid the gaps, each and every person will spend some amount of time treading through gaps of some type during their life.

Gaps do not discriminate:

Christian and unbeliever,

Young and old,

Rich and poor,

Healthy and sick.

At one time or another, we will all experience a gap.

In this life, we will face problems.

In this life, we will experience needs.

In this life, we will wrestle with unmet desires.

In this life, we will walk through gaps.