Learning to trust, again...(and again, and again) ;)

Today I am so thankful for a day of rest. I am so thankful that God knows our foolish ways so well that He gives us a full day to rest and enjoy Him. It’s been an odd (though good) week for me, just because I don’t quite understand why everything is happening as it is. But today the Lord reminded me through his Word and through teaching that 1.) He will accomplish his purpose (He MUST and WILL succeed! Hallelujah!) and that 2.) His ultimate purpose is to spread His glory, and that spreading His glory will also bring His children infinite joy. Even when His children don’t understand how His glory is, in fact, being spread in the reality of life.

This has been an odd time for me because I’m not quite started with, well, much in Spain, but I want to be. I’ve just been taking immersion classes, and I feel like I’m living a life of “well, once I start ______, I’ll start (lots of wonderful things).” And I hate living that way, because all we have is the present. So I’ve been praying that the Lord would help me to trust that he is accomplishing his purpose through each circumstance, from having a class that I’m not sure is teaching me tons (but I am learning!), to feeling like I’m a hopeless case in eventually being fluent in Spanish, to missing the bus to go to a church this morning. And I’m praying that he will help me to spread His glory, for the good of those around me, even in the midst of circumstances that I don’t quite understand. And today his Word reminded me that He is big enough to work through all of this. You and I need but trust in his power and goodness and ask for his help to live for his purpose. I’m so thankful to surrender these worries of the present and future to the Lord right now, and I hope that you will too, whatever those circumstances may be.