It has been a LONG time since I read this blog, I have been behind on my blog reading simply because I have other more important things to tend to, like sleep. But as I was catching up last night, I was inspired and challenged by so many post on GirlTalk. I am constantly challenged and inspired by what they have to say...and as I have stated before, I believe God leads you to things that you need to hear. I am trying to explain that this is how God talks to us to my 7 year old, who hates that God doesn't talk to her in an audible voice.
When JT was med-evaced home from Afghanistan, it sent us for a whirlwind of an "adventure". Many, many doctors appointments....many, many different things told to us. We tried to explain things to family the best we could while not completely understanding what was/is going on ourselves. Over a year and a half later we still feel like we are in that same place....only now we have some answers.
When we signed on for the military life, we were following God's call for our life. We without a doubt know that this is exactly where God wanted us. It was a BIG act of faith on my part not knowing anything but bad about life in the army. It isn't bad, yes there are frustrations (many of them). It was a BIG act of faith from my husband, because he knew what we were getting into....a life that isn't always best for families. But we were fully blessed because of it!
Now we are at another place where we are walking blindly...trusting God. He knows where our steps are going, but we do not. It is hard to take that hand (and sometimes let him carry us) and trust him to lead us where he wants us. Some days when I look down this road all I see are bumps and pot holes...and sometimes I want to jump on a different road that someone else is traveling down. I want the path they get to take. But I know that God has a plan...he knows where this will end up. It is a new journey for us...something we would have NEVER chosen. But God is not surprised by any of this....so we are trusting him.
(I will expand on this at a later date, and I know I keep saying that I will, but when we have more answers and things aren't constantly changing I will tell you what I can.)
Anyways....here it is.
I hope you are blessed by this or even something else on the blog. It is a great resource for moms and women in general.
“Know Me Well Enough to Trust Me”
2012 at 2:22 pm | by Nicole WhitacreFiled under Biblical Womanhood
Sick child meant no church yesterday, so I listened to several sermons online. This is an excerpt from a wonderful sermon on faith by Sinclair Ferguson:
The Lord is constantly calling us to obey Him in connection with things that we don't know what the next step is going to be. But He is saying to us, "Will you not trust me?"
Remember the conversation that Simon Peter had with Jesus on that day of the breakfast at the sea in John 21? They are walking along and Jesus actually says to him, "Now trust me Peter, you are going to die for my sake." And Peter sees the apostle John hanging behind and he says, "Well, tell me about this man."
And you see what he is saying. He's saying, "That's a huge challenge to my life. I want to know that I'm getting fair dues. And before I fully trust you for this, I need to know what's happening. Are other people going to do this? Or is this just me?"
Isn't it amazing, that in other respects if the Lord said to us, "I have an exclusive plan for you. I don't have this plan for anybody else, you're the only one that has this plan," we say, "I want to have that plan if nobody else is getting it."
But when it comes to trusting Him we're inclined to say, "I might trust you if everybody else is on board."
And we face that challenge constantly, don't we? We find ourselves in situations where faith is challenged and because there are others on board we march on and we stand up. But there are situations where there is nobody else there. From the human point of view, people are challenging us.
But from the divine point of view, the Lord is saying now, "Trust me. Know me well enough to trust me."
~from “The Old Couple” by Sinclair Ferguson, June 12, 2012
For more on John 21 watch Mom’s message from The Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference,“The Snare of Compare”
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