I was on the couch with Josh the other night when it happened. Out of nowhere, a memory began to play untriggered, like the movie reel we were sitting there watching. And the words started spilling out of me. So much so that I was suddenly bored with the movie and went upstairs to scribble...
I stitched Jonathan’s name on his stocking last night and carefully tucked it up right there next to his brother’s when it was finished. And I glanced back to look at them all lined up like that and the tears welled up instantly. I know I’ve already said it, but I think the hardest part...
I had been circling Psalm 130’s waiting words for three days. Returning to them. Re-reading them. Digging into them. Unable to shake them. And the next morning, I revisited them once again, this time turning to Charles Spurgeon’s collection of explanatory notes from various pastors, teachers, scholars, and theologians on the chapter. And once again, I found solace in the words.
Are you ready for a truth-bomb? When you are going through difficulty and wonder where God is, remember: the teacher is always quiet during the test. – Anonymous
Remember. It was the first word that came to me during a recent quiet time. And when it did, my mind flashed to this one particular journal from back in 2009 and those raw written words just four pages in and only two weeks into the brand new year. It ended with a verse in...
Glory to God! As I read your words this morning, I’m grateful that the promises of God are yes and amen! So, I say “Lord, let it be to me according to Your Word.” And I stand patiently waiting to see His glory poured out again and again. Thank you Jane for your words of faith!!
Thank you for sharing a very raw time of your life. I think we all face and hold our breath over some personal fears. Thank God that He sees past all that and into our troubled yet beautiful hearts.
The words “…after the trials…He gives us rest.” This gives me encouragement today. Thank you for your beautiful words and for sharing them. ~e~
Thank you for your BEAUTIFUL message this morning. My family is in the waiting and hoping season for a different sort of miracle. Our son had a VNS implant for seizures on 12/30. It will be activated on 1/22/20. Praying for a journey of healing from seizures.
God spoke to me through your words, thank you so so much for obeying Him and writing them. I am in a season of waiting for miracles and He has spoke to me to trust and believe Him. It seems so simple but it can be the hardest.
Needed this this morning , Jane. Thank you! Waiting on my miracle because it is in Him I move, and live and breathe.
I was just wandering around the mall, askinging God for help. Telling Him how much I need Him and how hard it is to continue to believe for our baby after so much heartache – so many bad test results. I sat down in one of those massage chairs (it’s early/empty enough to make it less weird) and opened up my email, which is special because emails aren’t my go-to in my down time and there was this one from you, Jane. I’m most likely not the only person who needed to read these words but I’m definitely one of them. Being guided to this post is a sweet reminder of all how our sweet Lord is truly in all the details. Thank you so much for so beautifully sharing your testimony of God’s promises… it was exactly the help that I needed today.
Wow! As always Jane, you provide the words my Spirit didn’t even know it needed. Thank you!
Loved the post! I will display what I cite below in my office as a constant reminder, especially on days when I am a bit empty:
Take heart. God not only hears you, He sees right through to the raw and maybe afraid-to-hope core of you. And into that core that feels a little empty? He’s speaking words of hope.
I absolutely love your writing and I feel God’s peace and presence just by reading your blog. He is so faithful. Thank you for sharing your journey with us
Thank you for sharing your heart. It brings tears of pain but also of hope and joy all at once – Knowing God is in the waiting of all things.