Promise-maker, Promise-keeper
Hi friends!
It has been such a long time since I updated you and for that I am sorry.
The past few months have been an interesting season for me. For those of you who don’t know the Lord shook up my plans a little and events haven’t unfolded the way I expected them too. I am currently in Florida, continuing to raise support for my internship with Bella Goose in Wisconsin and for my time in the Philippines.
This process has been much different than I expected it to be. It has taken longer and it has been harder than I expected it to be.
And that is ok.
Lately I’ve been holding onto the truth that there is purpose in this season. I’ve often felt frustrated that this isn’t working out how I imagined, feeling like I am just waiting, and so ready to be doing the things I’ve been talking about for months.
I’ve been holding onto the truth of the goodness of God and the truth that He works all things out for our good. Even when everything in me feels like I am floundering, I hold onto this truth and trust that there is purpose in the waiting.
I’m caught in the place between where the promises were made, the dreams were dreamt and the place where they are fulfilled; the place between the planting of seeds and the harvest. And sometimes it seems that harvest time is nowhere in sight. But the journey is good, the process is refining.
Harvest time always comes and God fulfills His promises as surely as the sun will rise from the east.
I’ve been reading about Abraham and Sarah lately. The promises God made them were grand and expansive. And to Abraham and Sarah they seemed impossible. So impossible that Sarah actually laughs at God when He tells her she will have a son at her age. Oh, but our God is not just a Promise-maker, He is a Promise-keeper. He makes a way and He sees the way when we see impossible mountains.
Wherever you find yourself, know that no season is without purpose, and maintain hope that things will not always be as they are now.
I’m continuing to learn to find joy in the journey not just in the destination.
This season is so unique in that it allows for a lot of time of rest, I can go to a park and spend three hours sitting with the Lord any day I choose, I get to spend time reconnecting with old friends, and time playing Catan with my sister, and Phase 10 with my grandma. These times are precious and meant to be enjoyed.
Thanks for your honesty Rachel! You are so loved! Praying for you in this season 🙂
Rachel, I am so proud of you. In anything, you are either sowing to the Spirit or sowing to the flesh. Just because the harvest hasn’t come yet doesn’t mean you aren’t sowing into it. The longer you sow, the greater the harvest. God doesn’t just forget. He doesn’t withhold any good thing from you either. I am encouraged by your faith! He is good and you are pressing into that, and it’s amazing!
Such wise words, Rachel 🙂 I read in a prayer devotional I have this morning that – God says that there are no limitations, no hedges, no hindrances in the way of Him fulfilling His promises. But I love that you are finding purpose in the waiting and in the “not yet”. He will fulfill His promises and He will fulfill His promises to you. I’m praying and cheering you on from here. You are loved, my dear!