October...A New Kind of Season
It always seems "right" to blog the first of October...The last three months of the longest year ever are here and it is almost hard to believe how close we are to the holiday season.
This is going to be a month of revelation in my life and Aaron's. There are many doors before us and He will either open them or leave them closed and in the midst of one of what could be the most nerve racking times, I have more peace than I ever have before.
He has been so faithful to walk me into a different kind of season. One with growth and refinement, but the trials are not the kind that you find yourself in a time of desperation...not that they are all perfect trials, but different. Ones that show me that giving it to Him means peace. That even in having all the emotions, He is so near and He constantly coming through with confirmation.
Studying Revelation was truly life changing. I have found a peace in the learning that I really didn't expect to get. I knew I would learn a lot when I started and I did, but I wasn't prepared to be so overcome with the peace that He gave me as He revealed just how amazingly free eternity will be. In that revealing, it brought a different kind of peace into my day to day life...one that isn't easy to put into words, but one that I find myself so desperately grateful for.
As I have moved into the "40 Days Through the Bible" study....it has just been constant reminders and what I need to hear for this season of life. I have never been more thankful and more confirmed in the fact that being in His Word is truly what we need.
The world around us is swimming in confusion and frustration. It can be almost overwhelming to see what is going on around us, but He is in control. No matter what happens next month, He is still God and He has a plan.
In the next few weeks, as the doors all around Aaron and I begin to reveal whether they are openings or not right nows, as they show next steps...I am not anxious...even with some being about financial things...I am at peace with the "yes" or the "no". I sit here with a constant faith in "not my will, but Yours".
So today, I am just here to encourage you to open His Word, seek His face, pray without any reservations and spend time with Him as much as possible. Trust in His promises and don't let the world, the news, social media be what you look too for comfort over His Truth. He is what we need. He is what will bring you peace and comfort. He is what will fill the gaps of confusion with Truth. He is in control. He is Lord.
