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I can’t remember the last time I walked into a responsibility where I’m leading in some capacity when I felt “ready.” Where I felt refreshed, well-rehearsed or prepared fully. Where I felt I had spent adequate time in prayer and thought and devotion to the task. . My circumstances can often feel too much, too big for me. Maybe yours does, too? Maybe your singleness, job, hard marriage, or a trial you never wanted feels like too much to bear. . I think of Moses and what God called him to in Exodus 3. He questioned God, “Who am I?” Who am I to be responsible for this kind of calling? God doesn’t respond with: “You’re Moses! You’re awesome and you can handle it!” That would have only fed into our innate tendency to turn inward. It would have bred deeper insecurity and spun a captivating cycle of pride and shame. . God responds: “But I will be with you...I AM.” This is the reality we must embrace: feeling our weakness acutely is the way God has actually designed life to flourish best. That we’d find no confidence in the flesh. That we’d find in Him all we need. . That we’d know that He is God and we are not. That we’d find our greatest source of hope is that He is actually with us. . Sure, it’s great to feel refreshed and ready, but it’s vital to feel my need of God. Oh Father, help me to embrace grace more fully, and for the sake of Christ, grow me in contentment with my weaknesses. . #wellwateredwomen #lampandlight #sanctification #weakness #womenintheword #wordsworthnoting
Nothing I could ever say will change my husband. No perfect phrasing, no pleasing tone, no performed words have power in an of themselves to bring lasting change to the man I’m in covenant with. . If I embrace the gospel to be true, then I must also embrace the reality that God alone, through His Word alone, by His Spirit alone can bring about change in the human heart. And if He will graciously use one of His people as an avenue for that kind of powerful work, that person has to be at the mercy of His agenda, not her own. . Believing the gospel and surrendering to God’s agenda frees me up to love my husband through prayer instead of lording over him with law. To worry less over the ways his shortcomings affect me and consider more how the gospel could be magnified in our lives. To remember that the gospel travels down paths of mercy, grace, and truth rather than control, disappointment, or bitterness. . Marriage is sanctifying. But sanctification always leads to greater intimacy with Jesus. What better gift could I give to my husband than that? So Father, help me to embrace sanctification myself that I might be used by You as a sanctifying tool in the life of the one on earth I love most. . #marriageissanctifying #wordsworthnoting
The first girl I ever discipled👆🏻she took a chance on me when neither of us had any idea what discipleship actually meant. We met weekly and forged our way through 1 Peter, each sharing about the treasure we found there, and in the process found in each other a treasure from God Himself. . That was eight years ago! I’m forever grateful for the way this relationship in many ways ignited the fire for ministry to women that has burned in my heart since. . What a privilege to read Scripture at your wedding. You have made my life more on earth as it is in heaven, SP💗
It's several days past the allotted number of days deemed normal for sickness to stick around. Day after day I've woken up, hoping today will be the day my baby is better, only to discover the ache deepening in my stomach because she's not. The heaviness of the mystery weighs on my helplessness. What is wrong? Why isn't she recovering? . It's getting uncomfortable, this position of helplessness. This awareness of limitation to do anything but hold and care and be there for my daughter. This awareness of need that I have no power to meet. Her sickness, her lack of recovery, it's humbling me, making me desperate. . “when prayer gets serious”—I’m writing about how vulnerable it is to be human and what holds us fast on the blog. Read more at the link in profile.
I had just sinned against my husband. The conviction came instantly, and while I was working through repentance inwardly, the time came for me to pray before our daughter ate her dinner. . “Dada pray, too,” she shouts, not wanting anyone to be left out of her prayers. He sat across the room, affirming that he was praying with us. I tense up at how vulnerable this place feels. I hadn’t yet asked for his forgiveness, and now he’s leaning in to hear my prayer to the Father. . I began the way I have learned to do when words feel too hard to pray—but the need to pray is undeniable. “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.” Each word of this prayer Jesus taught us to pray pierced me, putting into words where I felt a war of shame, submission, and need. . Tears strolled down my cheeks as I whispered the final words, unable to avoid the emotion of such an exposing and intimate place. This prayer had ministered to me, connected me with words bigger than myself and ushered me into the throne of grace—grace which I desperately needed to receive if I could humble myself and seek reconciliation with my husband. . When words feel too hard to pray, but the conviction to pray is inescapable—join Jesus and come before the Father with His. . #marriageissanctifying #repentance #prayer #wordsworthnoting (👆🏻The Lord’s Prayer print available in the shop in black & gold)