Trust and Lean

Some days, it is so very hard to give up what you want and realize that God's plan is not yours. Dreams may be gone. Hopes may be dashed. Wants are simply hunger pangs in the light of what you envision and what He has in store.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths." (Amplified Bible)

Being confident in the Lord, for me, is sometimes a second by second process. Right now, I am learning to lean, heavily. Trust, fully. And, I am learning, to be confident HE knows what is best and, more importantly, He owes me no explanation as to why we are enduring what we are.

I am reading Francis Chan's Crazy Love right now. Yesterday, I had an overwhelming sense of dread and I knew the 'news' was coming. I was reading in the book and conviction hit me so hard I had to stop reading, collect my rabid, raging thoughts and panic I felt to settle my heart, soul, and mind and FOCUS on HIM. Realizing God is GOD and He owes me no explanation for what He does. I am simply to trust, lean and be confident in His works.

Seems simple enough, right?

It's hard, y'all! But, then again, growing pangs are never painless...just ask Jackson--poor boy won't quit growing and his legs are killing him :)


love,

"I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." Isaiah 45:2-3 (NIV)