California has been in a preeeeetty
bad drought lately.
The deserts are more desert-y and the forests are catching
on fire. It’s easy to feel hopeless when something like that is happening. It’s
easy to feel hopeless with anything in life—work, relationships, loss, etc.
This is no new revelation for anyone, we’ve heard it from blog post after blog
post, but I think people need reminding because we always forget. I’ve been
having trust issues too. I start to not trust because things aren’t going my
way, and then I get scared, and I forget that the Lord is always watching and
always guiding me to something better.
God reminds us to trust Him, because when we grasp and flounder for
control, everything spirals out of control. Sometimes He has to remind us that
we need Him.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. -Isaiah 41:10
Whenever I go to work with Mom,
there is a sign planted out in the middle of the desert that says “If my people
humble themselves and pray, I will heal their land.”
So I tried it last night, I tried to
be humble and realize there’s nothing I can do without God’s help, and that I
was trying to control things and make them go my way, when the Creator has something
so much better planned. I stopped asking for that cheap artificially sweetened
chocolate when God has the real good stuff from Sweden. I asked Him to help me
trust because there is no peace without trust, and I asked him to keep us
coming ever closer, and I asked for rain.
:) I woke up to that rain. Even if we've heard something a hundred times before, we need to hear it one more time.
- Elyse
- Elyse
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