Like a Yo-yo

         Have you ever felt like your life is like a yo-yo? Like you keep going up and down, up and down. One day you're feeling great, the next you're feeling depressed. One day you're full of faith and joy, the next day you feel like a truck ran over you in the night. One day you can feel God and hear what He's saying, the next day you can't sense anything.

         I saw some more in the yo-yo concept a few years ago. Not only do we go up and down like a yo-yo, but we're directly connected to someone by the string. I pictured God holding us. No matter how low I feel, or how distant God seems, I remember that God's holding onto me, I'm connected to His hand. It's almost like God allows us to go down and have a taste of the earth, then with His infinite wisdom He pulls us back up at just the right time into His hand, refreshes us, and restores us. Full of faith and joy again we can minister once more to the people. No matter how long the string is, no matter how far we feel from God, He's always holding us, our safe place is in His hand. It's an incomplete analogy, but it's helped me many times. He said He'd never leave us or forsake us. We're always connected to Him!