The Storm

Have you ever had a season in your life that you felt you couldn’t handle it? Did it bring you closer to God? Push you farther away? The reality is that we will experience hard seasons in our life no matter if we are a Christian or not. How you react to these seasons/issues will determine your future and relationship with Christ.

Have you heard the story of Job? If not, basically Satan tells God if he takes everything from Job (he was rich and had a big family) then he will no longer praise him. God tells Satan he can do as he wishes but he can not take Job’a life (Job1). Job endures loosing his children, all of his animals and riches, his wife no longer supports him, and he get horrible sores all over his body. But guess what? He continues to praise God and shows his love for Christ and continues to trust. He, like any human, had his moments of his breaking point and wanted to disobey and give up but his faith was stronger than that. Its crazy all he endured but just think, no matter how big your storm is, it can’t be as bad a Job and he continued to show faith and trust in the bigger plan of God. I feel that God gave us these examples in his Word to show us that your storm could be worse, and if you feel that it’s as bad as Job, he still loved God and trusted his plan for his life. So, you should too.

You can get through this, you are strong, you have Jesus by your side. Take on any obstacle that life throws at you and watch how amazing your life can be. Be proud of how far you will come. You can only get so far by yourself.

I told you about how I didn’t get accepted into Nursing school this past summer. As I was applying to school I was slowing starting to seek more into my Faith (growing up I knew Christ but I strayed away as I have gotten older). I wanted to learn more, I wanted to read the Bible, and explore all God had to offer for me. Once I got my rejection letter I was so devastated. Didn’t God know I needed to get my RN to prove myself? Make more money? Show myself that I can do anything I set my mind too even with two kids? Well nope, I was wrong!

I decided to start going to church with my sister because I knew God had to have a better plan since I wasn’t going to school and didn’t get my way. Every Sunday the pastor was preaching about accepting a different path in your life and following God. Trusting his plan and not getting disappointed. I sat there every service knowing God was talking directly to me. One day I heard him say, “Why should I let you go further your education in nursing when you don’t even study me and my word?” Ummm… how the heck do I answer that?

Let me tell you, that’s when I realized I needed to see what he had in store for me that was greater than what I thought I needed. This has been the most challenging and rewarding past year of my life. He has shown me so much more than I ever could of thought of for my life, marriage, kids, and job. We all want to be in control, that’s just our human nature. But, lets be real.. Do you think you actually know what’s best for you or God?

If you follow Jesus and allow him to show you more than you are capable of doing by yourself, you will not regret it. There is so much JOY, GRACE, and MERCY he has for us and will give it to you if you allow it. Trust me you won’t regret it.

Much love,
Charity