I posted this tree as the pic for two reasons: 1) I think it is beautiful and it reminds me of a sweet day where I was just breathing in the park and 2) trees stick out to me.....the branches, the roots, the colors, the leaves...and how it can correlate to our lives.
Without going into too much detail, I would rather just share with you all some things I feel God is showing me....refining me on. TRUST..... Trust is something that I have held onto for years...you all know this. My life verse being Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. This verse I have held onto for forever...even have the reference tattooed on my foot. I also, may or may not have "TRUST" in wood lettering over my bed. It is something that I feel God is continually calling me to do. I will thankfully say that I have grown in my trusting of God...baby steps each year. Whether that be to letting go of the dream job (what I think I wanted), moving to Nashville away from my family (which I can now see clearly why that was necessary), to who to invest in, etc.
That being said, God is teaching me something more now in the TRUST area. Sometimes we say we are trusting....and yes to a degree we are, but we also wallow....or allow insecurities to take room in our thoughts, or shove what has happened in our past to affect our level of trust. Does that make sense?!
I guess my point in this is....to truly trust....you release...you believe God has your best in mind...you believe God to "fix" it...in whatever aspect He wants to. It is to let go and TRULY BELIEVE...to TRUST!
"Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You" - Psalm 143:8
"For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth and the source of my confidence" - Psalm 71:5
"So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock (The Rock of Ages)." - Isaiah 26:4
"Who is among you who (reverently) fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor (in his heart)? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God." - Isaiah 50:10
"Commit you way to the Lord (roll and repose each care of your load on Him); trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass" - Psalm 37:5
sidenote: trust plays into others....be sure not to push past hurt or false expectations on others...thus creating a gap. Sure, people are gonna let you down and hurt you. We tend to hurt the ones we love the most the worst....which sucks! But I think that doesn't have to be true if God is the center...being completely honest and having open communication. Love conquers all! Truth leaves no room for questions!
loves to you all
*disclaimer before you read any other posts....I thought of deleting them....but it was where I was and was in life. I will be the first to admit I was lost after my Cupie died, but the Annie that once was is almost completely back to 100% :) which has me eager and excited to see what God is going to do and how He will use talents and gifts that I had pushed down as a "defense mechanism"
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