Share the Good Stuff
God has been doing so much in my life that it's been hard to keep up with it all. As I settle in to my new home in NYC (ok, I've been here four months...but it actually takes that long to settle into most things in this city...seriously!) I am learning more about me and more about Him everyday. So many new challenges, adventures and lessons to learn.
He has asked me to take the biggest leaps of faith of my life. The first few, I fought, but eventually stepped out, and he caught me. He's caught me each time since and not always in the ways I would expect. Each new step I take in faith I always think I know how he's going to respond, but He always exceeds my expectations. Over the past few moths God has blessed me and cared for me in so many tangible ways that even in the hard moments I can smile and say "He's still good", "I can still trust Him," and it's true. No matter what the circumstance, He is always good!
Someone asked me the other day what one area have I grown the most through this move. I can say without a doubt that my faith has been completely changed forever through this process. Trusting God when I didn't have any answers was hard. But that first decision to step out in faith has changed my life dramatically and widened my understand of how completely perfect God's will is. I suspect that a time will come when it will be stretched again, I pray that I will remember how it blessed me this time around and act with no hesitation. That is my prayer for you too. Whatever the next step is in your life, I pray you will take it in faith, trusting God completely to carry you through :)
In trusting God you always win! Trusting him in the ups and downs, trusting him in the waiting. I had dinner with a longtime friend who was here visiting last month and we sat for over an hour sharing the miracles that God has worked in each of our lives to bring us to where he has us now. From fighting cancer to opening doors for her to start med school and so many things in between. The best part, was that her 9 year old daughter sat there with us and heard it all. She heard us tell of how good God has been to us through the ups and downs of life, and how grateful we are for that. I though about the impact that would have on her, knowing the challenges they had faced as a family and now hearing her mom talk about how good God has been over the years. God was honored and glorified and all of us were encouraged as we shared of His goodness. Share the good stuff. Tell people how good God has been to you, start with yourself!
