In the past six weeks, I've been diving deep into a new Bible study called "What Happens When Women Say Yes to God." Through these past six weeks, I've been searching and speaking to God and wondering what it is that he is asking me to say Yes to exactly. As we wrapped our final session last night I felt pulled to return to my blog. However, that was no coincidence - it was a God wink and him giving me a push to say Yes.
It's been nearly a year and a half since my last post. I was explaining to the ladies within the Bible study that I had felt full of questions as of late, as things have "calmed down" so to speak in the past year. It's interesting how when you're living in such chaos and weathering storm after storm that you feel slightly unsettled when you finally reach the calm after the storm - and that's where I've been lately. When you are in dark moments and valleys, that is sometimes the easiest times to inch closely to Him and get deep into prayer. It's often during the calm with clear skies that we don't feel "obligated" or led to be close to Him.
You don't need perfect circumstances to be a woman who says Yes to God.
Being a woman who says Yes to God means making the choice to trust Him even when you can't understand why He requires some of the things He does.
Saying Yes to God isn't about perfect performance, but rather perfect surrender to the Lord day by day.
Our mess is a perfect match for the Messiah. And when the Messiah touches our mess, it's then supposed to become our message to the world.
Becoming a mom to two children with different disabilities created an aching question of, "Why me?" As in, why did God think I would be equipped, enough, prepared for this? The hard days are HARD, but I can't describe how good the good days are. They far outweigh the hard days. As I continued to seek clarity, I discovered and accepted that I was chosen because He handpicked me as their mother; two perfect and extraordinary children that never cease to amaze me and have my whole heart no matter where their path takes us. This has led me to want to share that no matter your child's journey or circumstance, YOU were made for this. For them. For motherhood. God handpicked you as their mother and he made no mistake in doing that. When the questions linger, the doubt sinks in, the worthiness feels like it's fading, listen to the nudge to say Yes to Him.
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