Resting in the Preparation - Part 1

In the last blog I talked about God preparing us and not forgetting what He has promised. There were many times in the last few years that I did not handle my preparation well- at all! When I started setting aside what God had showed me it was because I was overwhelmed. I could not understand how God could possibly pull it all together. I felt like I was this huge mosaic with nothing coming together to make a picture!

We had always asked God to lead my steps but the place that we thought He was taking us we were no where near- yet we still knew we had followed His leading. My question was always how are you going to pull this all together and why have we gone through what we have if you are not going to pull it all together?

I really lost my confidence in Him and what He had promised. But the good news is it didn't change His plan. There were some things that Ryan and I really wanted clear guidance on and almost wanted God to show us why some things had happened. And God was gracious enough to do so, not cause He had to or cause He owed it to us, simply because He was gracious and loved us.

Ryan and I re-established some things the we had let slip in our relationship with God. We never ran away from God, but because deep down we felt let down; we allowed a gap between us and God.

So, let me encourage you to RUN after God. He can handle your questions, your concerns, and even your fear. Be honest with Him and let it flow out of you. A pastor once told me that I needed to yell at God! And I almost couldn't believe it. But he told me that there were things in me (mainly disappointments) that I had to let God deal with and most importantly He told me God could handle it! Imagine that, God can handle me! The release that comes from just being honest with God is AMAZING. He knows it all anyways, but He wants relationship and wants to hear it from us. I'm sure we all know that our spouse loves it but we still LOVE to hear it.

The summary is this run after God, bridge any gap by just being honest with Him. He can handle you and more importantly He wants to! And remember He is faithful.

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is. ~ 2 Timothy 2:13