Break it down

I was reading Luke 23:44-46 the other day and I came away with some new thoughts.  This passage takes place when Jesus is on the cross, he has been there for a few hours and it says that darkness took over the whole land.  In fact, the sun stopped shining.  Some of Jesus’ followers were there watching him die.  Then, the curtain in the Temple tore in half.  Everything these people could hold onto, in any way, shape, form and fashion, was breaking down.  What did they have to look forward to?  Where was any sense of hope?

In our lives, sometimes it can seem like everything thing has broken down.  Nothing is in place as it should be.  I think those are times when God can move powerfully or times when we can grow disheartened and give up.  When everything falls apart, do we embrace change and what God might be doing through that change or do we turn our heads and hide?  Do we fear the worst has taken place?  God might need to shake us up to do what he ultimately desires and what is ultimately best for us.  I want to be open to that.