There are times when good things happen at the wrong time, which can be hard to digest. I'm torn in two. Fear and the off-timing pull me one way; hope and the potential future-timing tug me the opposite way. My present circumstances versus my future plans and dreams. My "impossible" specks of doubts versus my "possible" glimmer of hope.
This is something I've always struggled with. If God gives us desires, which I believe He does, how are we to know whether our desires our self-made or God-breathed?
My pastor said something in church today that stuck out to me: Faith is not about trying, it's about trusting.
Maybe I don't have to worry about it. Maybe all I need to do is keep handing over my worries and anxieties to my Jesus. I can stop "trying" to figure out all of life on my own, and I need to start "trusting" God to pave my path. God knows the plans He has for me (Jer 29:11). He knows my past, present, and future and how they entwine to form my own personal journey. He sees where my steps are leading.
Faith.
Trusting.
Surrender.
Timing..
God is never late. He never forgets to answer. His timing can not be measured in our units. He knows what is needed, when it is needed.
I trust Him.
mmmm great insight Hannah, my dear! Keep trusting he will come through. Our desires are not nearly as spectacular as his plans. He is never late, we are just early.
ReplyDelete....I never read your blog, but I remembered about it tonight (it's been months) and decided to check & see if you'd written anything new...and I'm wondering how it is that I am in this exact place right now, too. Thanks for sharing this - you just never know who else you might be encouraging/reminding when you simply share where you are!! Love you, babe. :)
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