Still Learning the Same Thing

Recently I have been thinking about how I struggle with some of the same things over and over again.  Do you ever feel this way?  This summer I have been enjoying my time with my kids and having them home from school.  I truly feel blessed to be able to stay at home with them this summer.  We get to have all kinds of fun!  But just as my kids are still learning some of the same things over and over again I am too.  God has been so gracious and kind to me that when I come to Him each morning and ask for help with the same thing I asked for help on yesterday He still helps me.  He still offers Himself to me new every morning.  For that grace I am thankful.  Do you feel like you have been learning the same lesson for awhile now?  Well, don't give up.  His mercies are new every morning and His faithfulness is great.  So just like my kids will keep learning this summer I will too.  Learning is part of growing and growing is part of honoring Him.

He Makes All Things New

I recently went to Kansas City for our denomination’s general council meeting.  This was something new for me because I have not been able to go before with David.  But this year I was able to go for the whole week while my wonderful in-laws took care of our children.  During the week I was able to hear many wonderful and gifted people share.  But the one that stuck with me the most was a pastor who shared about the healing God had done in his physical body.  Now I won’t go into detail of his testimony but as he testified my eyes were opened to something new.  Our God is the Healer God.  He not only heals our emotional wounds, but He heals the physical ones too.  This man was testimony of that.  God has done so much healing in my life as well and continues to take me to a new and deeper place with Him.  It is a journey of pain just as this man testified his was, but it is all worth it.  What are you willing to submit to in order for God to do something new in you?  For me it’s been my plans, relationships, and my health just to name a few.  But to say it is all worth it I say yes.  What about you?  Share your thoughts with me and we can walk closer into something more deeper and beautiful.