Fog is a fascinating phenomenon.
In the Driftless Region of Wisconsin—an area known for high bluffs and steep valleys—fog can drastically alter perspective. You wake up to a bright, sunny morning on top of the hill, then drive to the edge and find an ocean of thick white surrounds you for miles in every direction. Only the tops of the bluffs poke up through the billowy surface—islands in a sea of shimmery white.
Brilliant. Breathtaking.
Then you descend into the valley and the whole aura changes. Cars drive with headlights on as if it were still night. Everything is shrouded in dreary gray, blotting out buildings, fields, and whole forests. They’re still there, of course, but in a world enveloped by fog, it’s easy to feel like you’re traveling alone through a dark tunnel.
Some Christians might describe their relationship with God like that.
Hi, I’m Lauren Thell, author of Christian YA fiction and blogger for teens who are ready to exceed the world’s expectations.
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Living in A World Shrouded in Fog
What are the first three words you would use to describe God based on your experience with him? Loving, mighty, and good? Or are you more inclined toward adjectives like cold, distant, and silent?
Sometimes Christians—even staunch Christians—have trouble connecting to Christ. The Bible says Jesus will make you new, and yet you feel… the same. The thrill of victory shouldn’t feel so dull, right? And why does it seem like your non-believing friends thrive while you’re stuck in a cloud of discontent?
The world is a distracting place. School, jobs, friends, family. Grave reports of mass shootings, political corruption, a tyrant’s attempt to swallow another country…
Sometimes the trouble isn’t any further than your own living room: family strife, illness, death.
All this stuff is fog. Fog alters your perspective and changes the whole aura of your life. It’s not difficult for a mighty oak to disappear from in the fog. But the presence of fog doesn’t change the fact that the mighty oak is still there.
You do, however, have to look for it to see it.
Seek the Lord in the Fog
Is your life foggy right now? Do you feel like you’re traveling alone in a dark tunnel? God is still there, and what’s more, he will be found if you seek him:
The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you.
2 Chronicles 15:2
It’s not difficult for a mighty oak to disappear in the fog. But the presence of fog doesn’t change the fact that the mighty oak is still there.
Like the mighty oak shrouded from view, God is present and close—so close you could reach out your hand and touch him. What’s more, he wants you to seek him, as Isaiah says in no unclear terms:
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”
Isaiah 55:6
Fog won’t stop God from being loving, mighty, and good. Take hold of his hand and let him guide you to the top of the mountain where the view is brilliant and breathtaking.
Seek the Lord, and you will find him.
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Such a good lesson to remember. When and if you feel far away from God, ask yourself, “who moved?” Seek and ye shall find. Thanks once again for sharing your gift, Lauren. God bless you and your ministry.
God is all-powerful, all knowing and ever-present. Thankful that we can see clear even in the “ fog” through Him.
Thank you, Lauren. Your beautiful writings with God’s Word shows us that we don’t have to be stuck in the fog because God is with us always. ??♥️✝️
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