Weekly-ish
Psalm 37:4-7
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Matthew 6:33,34
…Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Hello friends!
A lot has been going on since the last time I wrote out the Weekly Thing (should it now be the bi-Weekly Thing??). But one primary reason that I’ve been lax in getting this out is due to some rather distracting events. Nov. 26th, I was involved in a minor car accident - from which I am not injured, nor is anyone else. But in case any of you were wondering: a sedan type vehicle is no match against an SUV. Due to related reasons I’ve decided to do without a car right now. This isn’t as big of a deal because I live in the middle of a big city, so public transportation is easily accessible.
However, in some ways it is a big deal. Now that I am without a car, and because of other current circumstances, I’m really feeling the sting of my desire to be independent. Let me explain. Having my own vehicle meant that I could almost go where I wanted whenever I wanted to go. Without a car, I need to humble myself and depend on others and ask for a ride - which will sometimes mean I’ll need to be forgiving and patient and still grateful when a friend is late; and that I shouldn’t be manipulative by talking someone into giving me a ride. Not only that, I also need to find out the when’s and where’s of public transportation.
Sounds pretty simple, right? But on the inside I know I don’t want to depend on others for little tasks that I once could do so easily myself.
Yet the most important and biggest thing this all points to is that God is probably teaching me to just TRUST and DEPEND on Him first and foremost. I have to trust that He is going to provide the means for me to get to places, and that He’ll keep me safe in the process (taking public transportation or walking at night in the city can be a little unnerving!). I have to trust that He’s going to sustain the relationships I have with others outside the city, and simply allow myself to be fully present in the place I live. There’s a lot more that I could probably go into, but the point is this: God wants me (and surely all of us?) to trust Him more with the finer details of our lives. Sometimes that means we need to sacrifice something in our lives. Sometimes that means He’ll take that something away, knowing that in so doing it gives us the opportunity to respond in faith and trust. I can’t say that I understand it completely but this is where I understand it at the moment, and I’m praying He continues to teach me to be less independent, and more dependent on Him as my provider and sustainer. I ask myself questions such as these and use them to encourage you: Did He not provide for so many of the men and women in the Bible, like Abraham and Moses and Ruth? And if He's provided Jesus, won’t He provide everything else?
I pray the same for all of us, so that in faith we can grow more as God’s children, knowing that our Father is good. I also pray that He teaches us to be more reliant on Him in all circumstances, having our hearts and minds transformed more and more into the image of Christ.
In love and in Him,
Your sister,
Yvonne
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Matthew 6:33,34
…Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Hello friends!
A lot has been going on since the last time I wrote out the Weekly Thing (should it now be the bi-Weekly Thing??). But one primary reason that I’ve been lax in getting this out is due to some rather distracting events. Nov. 26th, I was involved in a minor car accident - from which I am not injured, nor is anyone else. But in case any of you were wondering: a sedan type vehicle is no match against an SUV. Due to related reasons I’ve decided to do without a car right now. This isn’t as big of a deal because I live in the middle of a big city, so public transportation is easily accessible.
However, in some ways it is a big deal. Now that I am without a car, and because of other current circumstances, I’m really feeling the sting of my desire to be independent. Let me explain. Having my own vehicle meant that I could almost go where I wanted whenever I wanted to go. Without a car, I need to humble myself and depend on others and ask for a ride - which will sometimes mean I’ll need to be forgiving and patient and still grateful when a friend is late; and that I shouldn’t be manipulative by talking someone into giving me a ride. Not only that, I also need to find out the when’s and where’s of public transportation.
Sounds pretty simple, right? But on the inside I know I don’t want to depend on others for little tasks that I once could do so easily myself.
Yet the most important and biggest thing this all points to is that God is probably teaching me to just TRUST and DEPEND on Him first and foremost. I have to trust that He is going to provide the means for me to get to places, and that He’ll keep me safe in the process (taking public transportation or walking at night in the city can be a little unnerving!). I have to trust that He’s going to sustain the relationships I have with others outside the city, and simply allow myself to be fully present in the place I live. There’s a lot more that I could probably go into, but the point is this: God wants me (and surely all of us?) to trust Him more with the finer details of our lives. Sometimes that means we need to sacrifice something in our lives. Sometimes that means He’ll take that something away, knowing that in so doing it gives us the opportunity to respond in faith and trust. I can’t say that I understand it completely but this is where I understand it at the moment, and I’m praying He continues to teach me to be less independent, and more dependent on Him as my provider and sustainer. I ask myself questions such as these and use them to encourage you: Did He not provide for so many of the men and women in the Bible, like Abraham and Moses and Ruth? And if He's provided Jesus, won’t He provide everything else?
I pray the same for all of us, so that in faith we can grow more as God’s children, knowing that our Father is good. I also pray that He teaches us to be more reliant on Him in all circumstances, having our hearts and minds transformed more and more into the image of Christ.
In love and in Him,
Your sister,
Yvonne