God is stirring up so many things in my heart. I have done more
thinking, praying, reflecting, and journaling in the last month than I have in
a long time – and I’m actually really good at doing all those things on a normal
day!
But I told Ryan
yesterday that from the moment the day started, God kept dropping things in my
mind that drove me to continue asking and seeking.
It started with
our work team’s weekly prayer meeting. Every week, someone shares a devotional
thought, and the coworker who was slated for yesterday did not realize it was
her day. When she realized it at the start of the meeting, she very calmly
said, “Oh dear. I didn’t know. Well, let’s see…” and then she pulled some of the
most beautiful and eloquent thoughts out of the middle of her heart and shared
them with us.
You know what?
When you can do that, it shows you are living with the Lord on the
regular. I grabbed the nearest piece of paper and started scribbling her words,
which included these: “Small steps still lead to the destination. Be faithful,
patient, trust in God, and endure.”
A few minutes
later, I ran across this Elisabeth Elliot quote: “The Bible is full of examples
of people doing what they could do and asking God to do what they couldn’t do.”
And then there
was a whole podcast and journaling prompt that I worked on for over an hour
last night. Nestled in the prompt were some good questions, like…What do you
want to change? What do you wish to create?”
I am so
grateful that God encourages me (all of us!) in our desire to keep enhancing
our lives in ways that glorify Him. I am grateful for good questions that push
me to wrestle with my thoughts and pray for clarification and direction. I am
beyond grateful for my husband who encourages me in all these things and make
it possible for me to grow and change as I feel God leading me. In the last
month alone, he has gifted me with three separate beautiful conversations that
brought hope, permission to dream, encouragement, and promise for what might
yet be. (I hope he feels the same from me!)
I hope you’ll
ask the questions, pray the prayers, journal the thoughts, and wrestle with the
dreams too. It’s all part of the journey with the Lord, and it isn’t wasted!
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