A Firm Foundation

I think it's indicative of where a person's heart truly lies to see what
they cling to during times of grief or devastation.
For many, it seems to be the idols they have piled high for themselves.
Their job. Their books. Their friends. Their sense of significance.
Their pride. Their sexual liaisons.
Anything to lend their life a sense of meaning, however false
or flimsy that sense of meaning may be in actuality.

But all of these things fail you when the going gets tough.
Jobs are lost, books fall apart with wear, friends come and go with
the seasons like transient birds in flight, and pride only leads
to ruination.

For me, oftentimes lately I have noticed that my personal crutch is my books
and my study. But study and books and knowledge will all cease,
just like everything else that is fleeting and temporary here.
Only one thing will not. Jesus Christ will never change.
He will never leave you or forsake you.

When everything comes crashing down around you like so
much fragmented rubble, and you seem to be drowning in sorrow
and anguish, there is only one thing that can help.
Your relationship with Him. If you don't have that, you're on thin ice.
Without it, I would surely have given up hope by now.