So I am on this official journey, seeking to find my utmost ability to be humble. Throwing my pride out the best that I can and following God. Yet the rollercoaster that has staggered me over the past week is almost numbing. I have never hit so many highs and lows in a two week period.
It all started about a month ago when I realized that several of the kids I needed to step up and be leaders weren't even going to camp. Then at the last minute I get one of our most promising leaders back on board for camp. We go to camp and it's moving and amazing as it always is. We see lives changed, hearts touched and people re-united with their passion for God.
Then I get home last week and find out that I didn't even get paid for the week I was at camp because of a misunderstanding in our handbook at the Betty Griffin House. (We're already about a paycheck behind this summer now a half paycheck to top it off) I get that behind me, scrape Tara up off the floor and we move on knowing God will take care of us. Sunday morning is the most amazing Sunday in quite a while as well worship together, and allow our young people to touch our hearts through their experiences at camp and over the past few weeks. We seem to be on the right path finally and then last night we have the smallest group I have had in a long time at youth. I'm fumbling for ways to even describe how I am feeling and then I march right through the lesson I had prepared on Psalm 16 and one part that I had forgotten putting in was PRoverbs 5:3 I believe.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Duh! The rollercoaster is simply caused by my emotions. The path is perfectly straight, there is not one doubt in my heart when I spend time alone with God daily that I am where he wants me to be right now, and I am conforming to His plans and not my own. But, it's when I start thinking big and working toward big things that I get knocked off the path of my own doings.
So when you're feeling the rush of rollercoaster living, ask yourself if you are living in God's will. And, if you are, it's a sure thing that the path is straight and you are making it a rollercoaster of your own emotions. Stay trusting in Him, throw out your own feelings for the matter and let Him guide you. The end results will be far greater than the lows you endure in the middle.
Have a great day and thanks for reading!
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