i just love that quote.
God is teaching and God is working. He's teaching me His timing, not mine. There's a lot of patience involved in that, and I'm not a super patient person. I'm trying hard to trust, and not be afraid of the outcome or where God's leading and calling me. God's been teaching me to listen, carefully and fully to what He has to say.
Chew on this:
"and there are times where the only honest, healthy, human thing to possibly do is to shout your question, and shake your fist and rage against the heavens and demand an explication. but true wisdom, the kind we find here with Job the kind that endures, the kind that sustains a person through suffering, that kind of wisdom knows when to speak and when to be silent. Because you're story is NOT over. the last word has NOT been spoken. and there may be way more going on here than any of us realize. so may you be released from always having to understand why everything happens the way it does. may this freedom open you up to all sorts of new perspectives. and may you have the wisdom to know when to say "i spoke once, but now i will say no more".
Well, God is definitely teaching me when to be silent and just listen.
In the midst of a challenging struggle of God calling me other places (and me not wanting to listen), my family lost a friend. It minimized and prioritized everything. It was hard, yes. But God let Kaylee touch my life, and ultimately I listened.
And at the end of this terrible week, I was blessed beyond belief with the opportunity to be a counselor for the kids department in my church for the long weekend. It was my second time being able to go to camp with the kids, and it is such a learning experience. I had nine girls. Yes nine. (: and they all were incredible. What amazing me the most about working with children (I've been working with them for about 5 years or so) is their eagerness to learn and listen, their "child-like" faith. But the most rewarding thing about working with kids, is being able to be an encouragement, and being able to be a good leader and teach them the simple and complicated things. Up at camp, we were taught about Joshua 1:9- "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go" and uh, helllo, that verse is the one verse that people always give you when you're feeling down and discouraged. How desensitized I was to it. It really hit me this past weekend. That's what I love about working with kids, the fact that I am able to learn so much, I'm supposed to be the one teaching the kids about this, but in reality, they are the ones teaching me. Its an absolute blessing that I am so thankful God gave me a passion for.
Raven, Hannah, Leann, Hallie, Skylier, Mandy, PJ, Annie, and Chelsie.These girls impact me more than I think I impact them.
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and I leave you with this:
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:11-13
really focus on being BOLD and COURAGEOUS as you face the land between where you think you are supposed to be, and where God is really calling you.
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