Are you ever amazed at God's timing? I am once again! I have been struggling with really laying things down at Jesus feet and leaving them there. I feel like I need to control everything but that's the funny thing, we never really do have control do we? We started a new book in women's Bible study at church and it is called "Laying My Isaac Down" by Carol Kent. This could not have come at a better time! She talks in the first chapter about the apostle Peter in John 6. He says "Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We've already committed ourselves. confident that you are the Holy One of God." Carol Kent says "Where else did I have to turn in this dark hour?". I don't know where I would be without knowing Jesus has our lives in His mighty hands!
"Lord, where would I go if I turned away from You? If I didn't have You, I would have nothing. I have nowhere to turn so while I'm pounding Your chest with my hurt, pain and anger, please know that I am still facing You, still leaning into the warmth of Your embrace, not sure I can trust You, but knowing You are all I have. You are all I have. If I left You, I would be completely aimless and lost. So while I feel devastated by what You allowed to happen, I still cannot resist pressing into the comfort of Your strong arms. I am angry that I am not resisting You more, because I know You could have stopped this thing from happening- but I have nowhere else to go."
I read this with the other ladies in class and had to put my book up to my face so I could get myself together.I know I shouldn't be amazed that He would speak to my situation because I know that He is speaking to others in the class about their situations as well but to think that the Creator of the universe loves me enough to choose this book at this time in my life still does amaze me.
Carol also talks about the hidden treasures in unthinkable circumstances.
- Realize the world is in a mess
- Ask for help
- Recognize that everything trivial is just that
- Admit that our sense of control in an illusion
- Be humbled as never before
- Affirm or reject your faith
I am thinking about taking each of these points and writing a seperate post for each. Still mulling over what each of these means to me individually and the world as a whole. I am excited about where the journey of reading this book is going to take my family and I!
"We can hug our hurts and make a shrine out of our sorrows or we can offer them to God as a sacrifice of praise. The choice is ours" -Richard Exley
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