Peace! Be still.

"I don't wanna think

I may never understand

That my broken heart is a part of your plan

I know you're good

But this don't feel good right now

And I know you think

Of things I could never think about

It's hard to count it all joy

Distracted by the noise

Just trying to make sense

Of all your promises

Sometimes I gotta stop

Remember that you're God

And I am not." - Hillary Scott

What do you choose to believe about Jesus? Is He good? We all know he's good, but I mean is he always good? Our pastor shared something on Sunday that I want to pass along. 

"Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or the son of God." -C.S. Lewis 

I just kinda loved that, it's true you can believe one of three things about Jesus

1) He's a liar

2)  He's straight up off his rocker.

3) He really is all he claims to be. 

 Let's re-read Hillary Scott's lyrics above again. Are broken hearts part of God's plan? And how is that "good"? 

The thing we have to remember is we don't get to see it all at once. We get bits and pieces at a time. So while we are down here thinking 

"God WHAT are you doing?" 

"Are you even awake up there?" 

"Great everyone and their dog is pregnant."

God is seeing the whole thing from above, and he's got the whole picture. So as we sit down here sounding like kids in the backseat on a road trip "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? " Try and think of the wait as a checklist.

He loves you and me far too much to answer our prayer at any other time than the right time. What wouldn't get checked off the list if He answered your prayer right now? Maybe your faith in God's timing is strengthening someone else's faith? Maybe he is molding and shaping you? Maybe even maybe what you're going through will be what finally bringing someone else to faith?

I like to think when I get to heaven one day there will be various rows of people. And I'll be all like "umm who are these people?" And he will go by each row "This is your friendship row." "Marriage row." And I think there will be a delayed fertility row. Each row would hold people who were touched, effected, or even changed by witnessing the way I lived, by my struggles and how I handled them.

My favorite quote

"Preach the gospel and if necessary use words." -St. Francis 

Our actions and reactions always speak loader than our words.

Or this one. 

"Christians we have the same problems just a different solution."

Things aren't always easy but when we remember "Sometimes I gotta stop

Remember that you're God

And I am not." - Hillary Scott 

We don't have the whole story and it's not our job to. "What's the point in faith if you never have to use it?"- Jeremy Desnoyers

 How can you deepen your relationship with God if you aren't seeking that next step, if you're not having to rely on him? We wouldn't need him if...we didn't need him.  Sometimes God is just more concerned with changing us than our circumstances. 

Happy Tuesday sweet friends I'll end with this video. An accurate representation of what it will look like when all our box's are checked and God provides that positive pregnancy test. 😂