Well hello there you wonderful things you!
And how was your weekend? As always hope you smiled and had lots of fun!
This is how my Saturday began. First things first for us was to make some super
So the life lessons just keep on comin' don't they? Seems like that to me, especially currently.
Do I want to hide under my covers and want to hibernate until July? Kinda, well
maybe more than kinda...but at the same time I don't...
I don't because after the mess comes the message. After the test, you receive your mony.
After you come out of the fire you've been refined...changed...molded. You're better.
You wanna know the question I was recently asked that made my heart go OH CRAP?
I was talking with someone about this crazy life thing and then the moment came when they said....
"but, DO YOU TRUST GOD?"
to which my heart immediately knew the answer was no...not with my whole heart.
I trust God when it's safe to trust God....when I already feel confident that the
outcome will be a favorable one for me. I trust God when it's easy.
Ummm, I don't think that's what trust means.
Trusting is a confidence that you're safe and cared for in the midst of whatever,
like even in those scary, ugly, times.
Trusting is knowing that at the end of the day, God knows what he's doing.
Trusting that even though it may hurt, be hard, scary, and SUCK, he's
got ya. He loves ya and he's gonna bring your butt through it at some point.
Let me just be honest about this revelation...
It's easy to type all that out...but for me lately it's sometimes a minute by minute
choice that I must make and then re-make.
"Yes, God, I trust you" and then two minutes later, "Yes, God, I trust you"
During this season I'm beginning to feel this is going to be a huge defining lesson for me.
Am I excited about it...well yes, but at the same time no. No because I know to
learn to truly trust God I'm gonna be presented with lots of "fun" events and
circumstances that will give me the opportunity to choose to trust God.
These darn lessons usually never come easy do they? We learn through trials.
Ok then, so here we go :)
he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.
Isaiah 61:3
9 comments:
You are so strong my friend! And it is absolutely a moment by moment thing, I remember moments of having to tell myself every single minute it felt like, "God i trust, you are good"
This is such a beautiful post, and I can completely relate. I trust God when it's easy, when it's scary? It's a lot harder. But I do my best to remind myself that God is good ALL THE TIME. Not just when it's convenient for me.
Praying for you, friend!! I pray that you feel God's presence more than ever before during this difficult season.
Loved this post! So very encouraging. Even I am in the midst of making a big decision that I am pretty scared to make, there is so much unknown. I told someone the other day I always thought I would make this change and transition when....their response, "that's because it would have been easy." So true it's easier to trust God when it's easy and all makes sense. It's when you have no idea what is going on that truly is the test of faith! Good post, and thanks so much for encouraging us in the midst of some big things you're going through!
Learning to trust God completely is definitely a process. Some days it is minute by minute for me too. It's obvious from this post that you know, despite the difficulty of this season of life, God is present.
You're already learning something new about yourself & you stayed out of the covers!
I love those pictures of y'all! So Sweet! You can see the love you have for each other.
Stay strong...You are putting your trust on God and HE WILL provide and has a great plan.
You are a huge inspiration
Luv ya
I love those pictures of y'all! So Sweet! You can see the love you have for each other.
Stay strong...You are putting your trust on God and HE WILL provide and has a great plan.
You are a huge inspiration
Luv ya
i really like that you've chosen to take it minute by minute. sometimes the huge picture can overwhelm us and make us more afraid. it's good you've chosen to trust Him with this, that's really the only way to go to see His power at work. praying for you girl.
I think the minute by minute choice to trust God is everyone if they are honest about it. Life is meant to be lived with constant dependency on Christ- that's really the only way. And it's certainly the only way where you get to experience the beauty of His presence :) praying for you guys!
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