Sink or Swim
Posted in Give me Peace in You by Kate Goeler on 8/25/2012
I spent the majority of
this week feeling like I was bobbing in the paralyzingly vast ocean that is the
first week of school. Between full time work as an athletic trainer
kicking into full gear, my last year of grad school beginning, and an
overwhelming amount of extra-curriculars, I became easily distracted and lost
focus of where my sights are always to be looking towards. I found myself
re-submitting my heart to the Lord on a moment to moment basis, wondering why I
wasn't able to keep the joy. I'd feel it for a moment and then have
something else come my way to add to my to do list and instantly I was pushed
back down beneath another ocean wave, flailing my arms in an attempt to reach
the surface for a breath of fresh air...it's unfortunate I'm no Missy Franklin.
With the week coming to an
end, you'd think I would have been excited for a restful weekend, but the task
of support letters loomed over my head. This is what I had been looking
forward to for weeks now! Sending out support letters and watching God do
His amazing work! But even the joy of that was stolen as I thought about
what I had instore for the weekend.
It wasn't until a little
Friday night reflection of a Wednesday night message I heard that things began
to click for me. The message was on the fruits of the spirit and the
focus was on Peace. It's no coincedence that the main verse focused on
during the topic of peace and my girls bible study memory verse of the week
were the same...
Philippians 4:6 "Don't
worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. Tell God what
you need, and thank Him for all He has done."
It always takes more than
one...or two...or three attempts for that matter, for God to grab my attention.
Maybe it's the ADHD? Either way, I'm not surprised He flashed Phil
4:6 all over my week and my lack of joy come Friday night really got me
thinking and looking back over my notes from Wednesday nights message to try to
bring the peace back into my life. A moment without joy is a moment to
long. I want joy in my my triumphs, my victories, my struggles, my pain,
my everything!
Here's what I've got for
you:
Don't let what's wrong with
YOU keep you from focusing on what's right with HIM.
It's never been about my
inadequate ability to be super woman (hard as I may try); it's always been
about His ability to provide. And it's not just that He's able to, but He
WANTS to. He WANTS us to live without worry. He WANTS us to pray
about everrrythiiinngg. He WANTS us to tell Him what we need. And
He WANTS us to thank Him when He provides.
So God, I thank you that
your mercies begin new each and every morning and that your access to peace
runs deep and is eternal. Thank you for wanting me to tell you everything
that I need. It brings my heart so much joy to patiently watch You at
work around me, faithfully and graciously providing.
And noow that I've talked
about everything buuut fundraising, I bet you're wondering how it's going :)
God has provided me with incredible sisters with servant hearts that helped me
print, label, stuff, and prepare to send out somewhere around 100 letters
today. Fellowship and joy surrounded the task and the day flew by as the
adrenaline of productivity kept us pressing on. PTL (Praise the Lord for
those who don't know, now ya knooow) for the blessings He's poured out on
me...and expect your letter sometime early next week!
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