Reminders

Its been awhile since I’ve sat down to write. Since last December actually. But this has been what you could call a quiet year. Chaotic in the physical realm (toddlers…amiiright?), but not so much in the spiritual. I’m always waiting to hear what God has to say to me next; whether through His Word or through Holy Spirit. This year though, its been different. I’ve just been waiting. Still waiting. And honestly, just living the life of a mother and ministry worker. So what I may perceive as silence doesn’t scare me or throw me off. I trust the Father. I will rest.

I remember sometime in the last year I told God, “You know what, everyone gets so caught up in what their “purpose” and “calling is” and they try to thrust themselves into it (more or less so they can feel like they’re doing something). But I would be perfectly fine if You just wanted to take my 20’s and teach me. Develop me. Transform me. Heal me. I don’t want to rush or despise the process.”

And we always hear about the heroes of the faith in the Bible, but you know who we never hear about? The people who just lived ordinary lives; doing their jobs, coming home from selling their goods in the market all day, eating dinner, playing with their kids, all to go to sleep and do it again the next day for the rest of their lives. And they loved God more than anything else in the world. They were faithful to Him. They didn’t have their names written in the Bible, but you better believe they’re written in the Book of Life.

Tangent over. Anyway, all of that to say, I’m ok with where I’m at. I’m ok with a quiet life. I’m ok if I don’t get moved into my “calling” for 20 more years. David was anointed to be king when he was a teenager, but he didn’t see that come to fruition for like 20 more years (brother should have wrote a book on patience). My calling is wherever I am at any given moment. “The steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord.” Psalm 37:23
Jesus always had His mind on the present day, “Truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does, the Son also does.” John 5:19
Maybe I’m just called to be a mom and raise the next generation of Kingdom soldiers. Cool! Sign me up! I’ll make as many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as the Holy Spirit leads me to. I’ve changed hundreds of diapers and you better believe I’m getting a reward in Heaven for each and every one of them. (That was a little exaggerated but a girl can hope can’t she? Flying would be cool too. I’m really holding onto that one.)

Honestly, this blog went in a completely perpendicular direction than where I thought I was taking it (Oh, the female mind is a labyrinth). Hopefully you got something out of that. It’s almost midnight, the mom brain officially shuts down at 10pm. You’re lucky I even care about commas at this point. So, back to the point of this post. I don’t have any special revelation from the Lord I can share. But I did just want to get on here and write down some things God has shown me or highlighted for me as I’ve grown these last few years. Perhaps they can encourage or edify someone out there. Some of them have changed my perspective completely about myself or the Father. Disclaimer: Some of these are quotes from people of the faith, but I didn’t write down who it was. So, credit to those people or whatever I’m supposed to say so I don’t get sued. And no, I am not writing down scriptures. These are opinions or points of views or whatever. So please, take them with a grain of salt and do your Christian duty to test everything by the Word. We are all still growing here.

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