A Fresh Start
Hey there, friends. I know it’s been a while since you heard from me. I unintentionally kind of disappeared from the internet and from writing to you. I’m sorry about that.
It wasn’t you, it was me.
Life just got a little bit “lifey,” and I couldn’t keep all the plates spinning without dropping one that was really important (i.e. homeschooling my kids well). But summer break is here, and I have found myself with brain space and mental capacity that has been otherwise occupied for the last several months or so, and I thought it might be a good time to hang out with you and talk to you again. Posting here and on substack seems like a good fit. I can simply just write without the pressure to show up constantly and get dragged down in an endless scroll that is social media.
My hope and prayer for writing to you again is to be an encouragement to you. I don’t want to be more noise on the internet. I don’t want to be an influencer. Nobody needs more of that. I want to use my words to build up and to bless, to point you to Jesus in all things.
And what I want to share today is that God is so faithful and persistent in His love and pursuit of you. He is not hiding His truth or desires from us, and we don't have to over analyze and make things as difficult as we do for ourselves by stressing out and getting totally overwhelmed (anyone else besides me??). If He wants us to know something, He will reveal it to us. Period.
I can find myself stuck in a cycle of asking and asking and asking Him to show me things, especially in seasons of struggle or conflict or uncertainty. He's been telling me to stop obsessing and analyzing and trust Him to tell me things in His time. Sometimes (most of the time) we aren't equipped to carry the weight of the knowledge we so badly want. And sometimes there's nothing more He needs to tell us about what we are asking.
It's like we are constantly trying to eat of the tree of knowledge instead of going to Him, the Tree of Life.
He is the life and He promises to give us all we need to live. And all He requires of us is to trust Him. Even the tiniest amount of faith is more than enough. He is faithful even when we are faithless (2 Timothy 2:13).
Need an example of His patience and love for us even when we are stuck in doubt? Head to Judges 6 and 7 and read the story of Gideon. Gideon asked God for so many signs and reassurances, and God never got angry, but instead reassured him over and over again, even using people that didn't even believe in God, to show Gideon that He was real.
He goes before you, He reveals things as you need them, and His timing is always better. He's after our hearts, not the outcome of the circumstances. May we continue to go to Him and trust Him for the journey, wherever it leads, because He is Life.
Praying this was an encouragement to you today. I’d love to hear what God is teaching you lately or how I can be praying for you! Leave a comment below!