Big Gulps, and Not the Drinks

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 I don't know if you saw the Saturday Six or not, but I told you about the book I just finished reading for my devotions over the past month. It was written by Debbie Alsdorf and focused on living in bold faith. So the next book on my shelf was also written by Debbie and is called A Woman Who Trusts God. 

I'm only a couple of days into it and have very nearly already drained one pen from underlining. I might have known that moving from the topic of faith to trust that this was not going to be easy. 

Debbie talked about how all of us have "meantimes" throughout our lives. She says it's "that place in between a problem recognized and a solution realized." {page 18} Your meantime probably doesn't look anything like mine, but we both have them, don't we? 

She goes ON to say this, which is what made me start doing the big gulp: "How will we live in that space between our prayer to God and the answer on earth? Does the meantime rob us of joy? Does it steal our peace and dilute our faith? Does it distract our focus? Does the meantime open the door for chaos and worry?" {page 18}

Oh man. 

I remember back when I lived in the desert place, I knew I had been chosen for that time, as hard as it was, and I desperately wanted to be found faithful. I focused hard on living well in that time. That was a deep, hard meantime, and I wanted to live it well.

But I confess I don't always put as much effort toward the "tiny meantimes" I live. I confess that I do let the meantime steal my joy and dilute my faith. It does distract me, and I've been known to worry a time or two in my life.

Hence the big gulp.

So this is my focus in prayer this week. As Ryan and I live in meantimes of our own, I want to come out of them full of joy, full of even bigger faith, and full of peace. We both want that. 

So how about your meantime?