God is Able

As you get older, you learn more and more about the seasons of life.  Some seasons are bitter and brutal, others are slow and steady, some are peaceful and still, and others are enjoyable and full of bliss.  As Ryan and I have been experiencing different seasons lately, we're learning to take them for what they are and ride them out with a content heart and a teachable spirit.

These past four months we've been in the season of waiting.  It's been a season of stillness and waiting on the Lord's timing and His leading for our life.  And looking back over these past few months, I am able to see what God has done in our lives during the "waiting".  During this season we've been blessed with incredible community around us, the opportunity for Ryan to dive head first into seminary, a chance to rest and rejuvenate, a healthy church to attend, quality time to grow our marriage even stronger, and bible studies that have strengthened our trust in Jesus.

One of the greatest things I've learned and grown to trust during these months is that God is able.  He's able to do way beyond what we can even imagine.  His kingdom purposes are way beyond what we can see or begin to hope for.  Although God's character is predictable, his activity is unpredictable. And with that understanding, I've grown to be able to say that now is the time to have abundant life.  I don't have to wait for this "waiting season" to be over- for the next season of life to arrive before I experience and claim abundant life over myself and my marriage.  There's no reason to wait for a better time to start considering the ability of God.   Priscilla Shirer said it beautifully when she said, " Whether God moves is a question of His sovereignty not His ability.  What He does is His business.  Believing that He can is our business."  I don't want to be a woman who can attend church, learn about God, talk to Him, and serve Him, but not trust Him with my life.  I want to be a woman that believes that God can do way beyond what I can even begin to ask for and desire!  It's my prayer that God would continue to light a fire in my heart that grows stronger for Him through every season he walks me through. 

This song has been the cry of my heart during theses past four months of stillness and waiting:

(Verse)
Promise maker, promise keeper
You finish what You begin
Our provision through the desert 
You see it through ‘til the end 
You see it through ‘til the end

(Chorus)
The Lord our God is ever faithful
Never changing through the ages
From this darkness
You will lead us 
And forever we will say 
You're the Lord our God 

(Verse)
In the silence, in the waiting
Still we can know You are good
All Your plans are for Your glory
Yes, we can know You are good
Yes, we can know You are good 

(Chorus)
The Lord our God is ever faithful
Never changing through the ages
From this darkness
You will lead us 
And forever we will say 
You're the Lord our God 

We trust You, we trust You

So we won’t move without You
We won’t move without You
You’re the light of all and all that we need, Lord to everything
We won’t move without You
We won’t move without You
You’re the light of all and all that we need,
We trust You, God

We won’t move without You
We won’t move without You
You’re the light of all and all that we need, You will in Your hands 
We won’t move without You
We won’t move without You
You’re the light of all and all that we need, yea

(Chorus)
The Lord our God is ever faithful
Never changing through the ages
From this darkness
You will lead us 
And forever we will say 
You're the Lord our God 

And forever we will say 
You're the Lord our God 
And forever we will say 
You're the Lord our God 

You're the Lord our God 
The one we love, the one we trust
We live for You, the Lord our God