Praying for God’s will and for Him to change our hearts to match His is incredibly scary. Praying with persistence when you are weary is like brace wires tightening on your gums and jaw but you have to keep moving forward.
God is still at work. Sometimes He reveals quickly things what we need to know and sometimes He doesn’t reveal answers at all but moving forward is all we can do. It’s for the greater good and plan that He has set for our life from the beginning.
I’ve found that praying for God to show me the next step vs. the whole staircase was the only way to get from braces to bridges. I never had the confidence to cross the bridge to new areas of my life when all I could think about was the pain I was feeling. Not knowing who/what would be waiting on the other side of the bridge and not knowing who would follow me as I crossed made it incredibly scary. Also, I’m thankful that God doesn’t illuminate the whole staircase, because I know I would just take off running to the top and miss the other lessons I needed along the way. I’m growing to enjoy the adventure like a roller coaster. Its scary at times and thrilling at times but it’s worth the ride as long as we stay on the tracks, harness on and hands and feet inside the ride as ALL TIMES!
Laying things at God’s feet is also is also important so that we can see the areas of our life that may be causing us to feel pain or be robbed of joys/blessings. We often times swim in waters that remind us of our own pain and we need to just get out and dry off. I know as a former counselor that when I’m helping someone that has/is going through similar situations that I’ve faced, I have had to learn how to carry their burden so as NOT to allow it to drum up my own dark areas causing me to put those braces back on again. While God can use our healed scars to help others, there is a fine line in those moments that we need to pray for so as not to rip open the wound again and have you spiraling down the staircase that was already concurred.
Whether you have battled thru the braces or God has helped you build bridges to new places in your life, these are moments that can increase your faith. Faith in God, Faith in yourself that you did it and faith in yourself that you can endure tough seasons again. New braces are coming and will tighten down on you again but no matter how long it last or how painful they become, there is a bridge for you to cross that IS coming. You’ve seen this pattern before from God and while you may be too close to the mirror to see it yet, God IS still shaping your smile.
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