Spiritually Healthy

Walking by faith doesn't mean having all the answers.  Walking the path that is set before me without it being fully illuminated is so incredibly hard and scary. I am a type A person. My motto is "You shouldn't have to have plan B because plan A is going to work." I don't like not knowing what's coming next. I mean, if I don't know what's coming, then how can I prepare for it? I need  to know what's coming next.  Well if you know anything of life, then you will know that it isn't always that predictable.  If there has been one thing that has been a constant in my life it would have to be fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of rejection. Fear of never seeing my dreams fulfilled. Fear of being trapped in one season because I was, duh, too afraid to walk in faith in a different direction. Fear of one chapter closing and another beginning. Fear of not being loved...the list could go on and on.  Through much prayer and crying out to God, the Lord has he

Recently a sweet friend of mine shared this insightful and very encouraging devotional with me as well as a few others.  Not only is the Lord's timing amazingly perfect, but the gentleness in which He nudges the soul always leaves me awestruck and humbled. I needed this, no rather my soul needed this more than I realized. Lately I have been wearing a rut into my heart with all the going back and forth questions, most of them being "Why?". This stopped me dead in my tracts and the Lord opened my eyes to see the folly in my way of thinking and the goodness of His truth. My prayer is that you too will be encouraged and your soul soothed by this timeless, and timely, devotional. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. - Isa 49:16   No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word “Behold,” is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me! My God has forgotten me.” How amazed the divine mind