A Lady in Waiting Trusting God

Have you ever thought of yourself as a Lady in Waiting?  I always thought of that as such a pretty term for a woman who offers herself as a servant, "waiting" on whomever is in her care, serving them, accomplishing their desires and needs, giving of her service to them.
Since I have a passion for things of a Medieval nature, I like to think that I am one. That I am a Lady in Waiting: who is waiting for my very own special someone to come along and sweep me off my feet :) And then of course when I finally become his helpmeet I will become his very own Lady in Waiting- serving him in our home with my whole heart and being.

But waiting for something we want can be one of the hardest things in the world to do.  It is one of the hardest decisions we make because even when we finally choose to give it to God...in no time at all the worry comes creeping back.  It could be a month later, a week later, or as in my case, quite often, just a day or even hour later we are trying to reclaim the worry of waiting for ourselves.

TRUSTING GOD- a simple phrase, much easier said than done, but the rewards are not something that can be put into words.

Lately God has been pressing upon my heart the importance of truly trusting Him, I mean really giving every care, every worry, every thought to HIM.  Going to Him in prayer and letting Him change my heart and mind to desire His will more than my own.  So I have been falling in love with My Savior as I daily trust my future in His care.  Each morning I purpose to serve God with my whole heart and being that day and leave my future to Him.  I love the feeling that comes from resting my whole future (all my dreams, wants, desires...and believe me I have many!) completely in His care and control.  I encourage you to share any struggle you are facing in waiting for something with God and see the joy that comes of surrendering it all!  I know right now my biggest wait and longing is for the man I will marry, but after marriage comes endless possibilities of waiting.  Such as for a new home, for a paycheck, for a baby...etc.  So this is the perfect time to learn a valuable lesson that can and will assist and comfort you the rest of your days here on earth!

Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Hannah

Heartbreak

Heartbreak...

Something we all fear, something we all try our very best to avoid, something we hope we never have to understand.

Yet we live and the only way to live this wonderful thing called life is to do so with our whole heart.  The joys experienced, the ones that make your heart flutter, make you appreciate the way our feelings are made.  The way joy makes us bubbly, the way a smile refreshes our spirit, the way laughter is contagious and makes for memories you will always cherish.  But when we consider the joy of the Lord. A joy that is a deep, fulfilling, ever abounding joy that captures our whole being simply as we read God's Word and yield to His leadership; oh is that ever wonderful!

So life carries on in its routine hum until one day, you loose it.  The heart fluttering joy is gone.  The smile has vanished.  The laughter is only forced.  Your heart throbs an aching pain that doesn’t relinquish, doesn’t stop, and doesn’t get better…only grows more intense with each passing moment.  You want it to stop.  You want to somehow, in this dreaded realm of a broken heart, just have one minute of relief from this pain.  How will you continue on?

Well the answer lies in that true joy we spoke of above…when all of the physical things we attribute to happiness have vanished, that joy remains there for the taking.

There are steps we must take.

1. Comfort- It feels distant and out of reach, until we open God’s Word and find that we serve and worship the God of ALL comfort (“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”).  Start there, with the knowledge God cares about everything that you are going through.  He understands separation- He had to give up fellowship with His Son as Jesus hung on that cross bearing our sin.  He understands pain- watching His Son die in agony on that tree.  He loves you with a love that passes knowledge (“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God”)!  LET Him comfort you, cry to Him, pray to Him, lean on Him, let Him be your strength and support.  And all of that agonizing hurt will eventually bring healing.
2. Thankfulness- Once God has comforted us by His Word we begin to feel the relief of giving the burden to Him.  We begin to see ALL of the blessings Christ has blessed us with and thankfulness begins to take root.  We see His perfect, unending faithfulness through every second of grief.  We can’t help but thank Him.  The more we thank Him, the more a thankful spirit grows and abounds, and the more comforted we feel.
3. Joy- This can’t help but follow as we bask in the complete and perfect comfort God has given.  As we thank Him for His blessings and faithfulness.  Our broken heart fills with joy, true joy, the joy of the Lord.  And the healing does come.

I know the pain will still come in intense waves at times.  Your heart will still hurt to the point it feels as if a knife continues stabbing an open wound.  But you have hope, and nothing can take that from you.  So I encourage you to LET God do His beautiful work in your life and trust Him.  Really trust Him, with every day of your life.  Trust His perfect will and plan.  Realize that we're not promised a tomorrow so I encourage you to seize every opportunity of today that you have to glory in Christ and reach out to those around you with the love of Christ.  For Christ is our life!!!!

"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."