Pray for Rain...

There are posts I write that come from God working in my life, from hearing his voice along the journey, and in learning lessons in the day to day process.  This post is a bit different because sometimes there is a longing in your heart and mind for understanding.  Each day holds opportunity for growth and for lessons learned, but sometimes there aren't these great revelations of wisdom, sometimes, there is just an emptiness in the unknown.   Lessons in trust, lessons in letting go, lessons in waiting are difficult to practice.  The day to day of these tests can become overwhelming and discouraging.  Its a fight to keep your mind on the goal, to keep your eyes focused on what is ahead and to keep your heart directed to who is above.  Some days it takes all my energy and strength just to remain in control of my wondering thoughts, my heavy heart, and my discouraged emotions.  It doesn't take much to sometimes ask yourself, is God really in control of all this?  Does God really know the desires of my heart?  Is there really someone up there whose will is greater than those on earth?  The answer is Yes, but there are days when you have to continue the practice of rising above, pushing away the doubts, and remaining strong in the truth.

I write all this not to be negative or discouraging but to be honest and hopefully encouraging, because there are days when wisdom is not revealed, when a lesson isn't understood, and when my spirit isn't soaring in understanding.  There are days when the lesson is just to believe--and those are the hardest days of all. 

It hasn't rained here for so long that the grass is a golden yellow, the ground longs for rain to grow, to flourish, to be healthy.  A few months ago it wouldn't stop raining, everything flooded and the ground was too wet to plant the crops and for flowers to take root.  Life is sometimes about extremes and while we desire rain and while we desire dryness there has to be a fine balance of both in order for growth to occur.  We often find ourselves in waiting for one or the other, we build a hope for what we need, and in the mean time we rely on God to bring the nourishment we need to grow.

A total dependence on God is the hardest practice of our faith.  In days of drought and in days of flood our heart cries out for help.  God hears our cries he just doesn't always bring about the comfort in our desired time.  Today is a post of crying out to God for wisdom and direction, it is a plea for Hope. It is in posts like these that the later ones of wisdom show the fruitfulness of God and the harvest that he provides for.
I continue to pray for rain....

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time

we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

Galatians 6:9