I am busting at the seams today! I have seen the Lord’s faithfulness this week in the most precious ways and I just wanted to share it, hoping it can be an encouragement to you as well.
Monday night I had dinner with a couple of my besties and we ate and talked and caught up on life, as it had been a few weeks since we had gotten together. As the conversation with us often does, we began to talk about God and how awesome he is : ) Trust me when I say, he really is! Both of my sweet friends have very recent answers to prayers that we have all been praying over. The really cool thing is, this time the prayers got answered in the exact ways we had hoped. Of course as any praying person knows, it definitely does not always happen this way, but even when it doesn’t, I promise his way is better.
So today, as I was praying this morning ( and just after reading chapter 13 of a really incredible book by Jennifer Allwood, called Fear Is Not The Boss Of You) I went outside to listen to the Father for a bit. It was gorgeous outside by the way, temperature turning to cool fall, birds singing so naturally & joyfully. As I sat there I felt the Lord put something on my heart for a friend so I came in and texted her. Well low & behold, guess what?!?! She had huge answers to things we’ve been praying as well! She and her family have been dealing with some really heavy stuff and to see this glimpse of hope was such a beautiful thing this morning! I began to cry because I was just really overwhelmed for the 1,000,000th time by the goodness of God ♥️
All week long God has been very gracious with showing me his kindness. It doesn’t always go like that. He is ALWAYS KIND, but sometimes it’s harder to see.
Life is hard! Really, really hard sometimes!! Trust me when I say, sometimes I have days when I am so doubtful, unsteady and flat out ready to hop off this ole planet, but if I hang in there on those days and really push into the Father, He is ALWAYS faithful to bring me back to peace.
He is for us! He is ALWAYS for us! He made us in our mamas belly’s, we are his masterpiece and he has good plans for us (Ephesians 2:10) and his plans can be trusted!
If you have prayers that seem to be unanswered I am sorry. I promise you, I know how hard that is because I have some like that too, but I hope with all my heart that you are seeing him move in other ways, ways that do increase your faith. I hope and pray this morning that you can feel his presence and sense that he is with you. If you haven’t felt that before I am joining my faith with you now that you will know his presence soon. He is with us, we need only be still and know (Psalm 46:10).
I am no expert, but I have seen his faithfulness over & over. I believe His Word and His Word says he will never leave me. I have seen that promise proven way more times than I can count!
I don’t mean to be bossy here, but I am going to beg you to give Him a try today if you haven’t before or let me just encourage you if it’s been awhile since you’ve seen him answer the way you want him to. Hang in there, get in His Word, let Him love up on you and trust him through the unanswered prayers. He is faithful and He does love you and you can talk to him right where you are in this moment! Try it today and please reach out if you’re not sure how to get started. Like I said I am no expert, but I can share with you what this looks like for me and you can give it a try : )
Romans 2:11 says, “For God does not show favoritism.” - Guys, He loves us, no one better than the other, He loves you and He loves me!
Jeremiah 29:13 says, “If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”
Deuteronomy 4:29 says, “But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.”
I promise you, He wants to talk to us! His Word says this over and over!
John 10:27 “My sheep know my voice; I know them and they follow me.”
Isaiah 30:21 “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or turn to the left.”
Luke 11:28 “But he said, “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
Hebrews 3:15 As it is said, “today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.”
These are just a few, there are so many more. He really does want to speak to your heart, He really does hear your voice and not just your voice, but your heart wishes also. He made you, He knows you better than anyone else and He wants to love up on you!
I encourage you today, open your heart to hear His voice, I promise it will be the best decision you ever make ♥️
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