If you would've told me a year ago that'd I'd be where I am right now, I would've laughed in disbelief. This past year has been the most life changing adventure ever. One of my favorite things about God is that He loves to surprise His children. If you know me, you know that I LOVE surprises. This past summer has been full of surprises. It's like every time I'd try and put God in a box and say, "there's no way that would happen" or "I'll never do that" God would show up and meet me right where I'm at and I'd be doing these "impossible" things. Only Jesus.
It's no secret that life is moving really fast these days and that it's hard to think to stop and see all the beauty around us. A convicting thought I had a few months ago is that we will never just have all this time to stop and appreciate our lives, but that we have to make time for it. I've found that the more intentional I am about taking in each moment of my life, the more available I am for God to work in me. I'm guilty of wasting so much time in my past with wishing time would speed up so I could get past all the hard times and get to the fun, life changing stuff. I wasn't aware that the life change happens when we are available for it and take in whatever our situations may be to learn and grow.
"My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses so that the power of Christ can work through me. That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses and in the insults, hardships, persecutions and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. -2 Corinthians 12:9-10
God is such a faithful God with a clean record. He has never failed and He won't start now. So why is it so hard to trust Him sometimes with such small things? He's already done the impossible. He brought us from death to life. He has already gone down our paths and made them straight. He wants to walk along them with us hand in hand at His pace. Why are we so quick to jump from one season to another when there's beauty right now that we are missing? I don't have any better answer to these questions than to say that it's because we are human. We doubt, we fall short of the glory of God every day. I challenge you to take in the moments of your day and ask God to show you the beautiful things He has set out for you. After all, this season you're in, whatever it may be, is going to pass. Let's start enjoying where we are at.
"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under Heaven." -Ecclesiastes 3:1
