These last two or three months seem to have flown by…. Though we just changed the calendar, tomorrow is Starving Second Saturday. I pray that you will be able to take some time in earnest prayer for someone that the Holy Spirit has laid upon your heart.
I have been complaining that it seems like nothing has been happening lately. I am ashamed to admit that I often find myself accusing God of either not caring or just abandoning me here. Even as I was preparing to write this, I was sitting with a completely blank mind. Since Monday, I have been asking for some help. “But Lord… nothing’s happening… what am I to say?”
As I have searched my memory for some clues from the last month a common thread developed for me. Early last month a good friend has been sharing with me how God has moved in his life to provide some clear direction in his career. I remembered saying to him… wow you should journal that! Then I was reading some testimonies from people who had gone through some difficult circumstances and were led through it. Nearly all of them said that writing in a journal was significant in helping them discern the hand of the Lord in their lives.
So as the thread appeared so did my complaint… but nothing is happening! What am I supposed to write? “Today was gloomy, cold, wet… Today was gloomy, cold, wet…. Today was gloo….” But as I was complaining He brought back to mind some things I had failed to take note of. In particular, I used to pray often Psalm 128 inserting personal pronouns and names in the scripture as I prayed it. I had not prayed that Psalm for a very long time, but for some reason a few weeks ago, I started to pray that again. I hadn’t realized or failed to note rather, that only a few days later that same Psalm was sent to me in an email devotional with testimonies from people about God’s work in their families.
As I finished writing this, that song from Chris Tomlin(?) “How Great is Our God” is playing and in my heart I can’t help but agree.
