Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

We're all looking for stability in life, aren't we? Some people find it and settling down and starting a family. Maybe you'll feel stable once you have a place to call

home.

Stability for you might be a sizable 401k or a solid retirement plan.

Stability might mean just having a job or a solid group of friends.

Stability is something we want, but it's hard to come by because let's be honest, life isn't very stable. The last few years with COVID wars, elections and inflation should prove that to us if nothing else.

I was reading the blog of a young staff writer for a television production company and came across

her views on stability. She gives advice to find

anchors in certain parts of life that make you happy. But ultimately she comes to this conclusion.

I needed to find peace with the fact that we can't rely on

stability. Stability will ghost us, knock us on our backside and leave us out in the cold.

Instead of relying on stability, we rely on ourselves. Yes, a calm home base. Friends that anchor us, our innermost goals and staying focused on the end game, can help us strengthen ourselves. But at the end of the day, we should expect a bumpy ride.

The less startled we are when the first massive bump hits, the better.

We are expecting it after all. I hope this perspective comes

across not as nihilistic but empowering. We are strong enough to survive the

ups and downs of this lifetime. We truly have no other option. It's life. We're not

getting out of here alive. Now in some ways I admire her conclusion. She looks

out at the certainty of death, the uncertainty of life, and admits essentially,

we can't put our hope in stability. It isn't going to happen. Life won't be stable.

Cling to what you can to make it through until you die.

It's interesting.

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