Genesis
16-18; Psalm 5
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Sometimes
it is really hard to not be in control.
And I think it is almost always hard to wait. Sarai, who will become Sarah, Abraham’s wife, decided to
take control of her life and situation instead of trusting and waiting on the
Lord.
I
can think of a time in my life that I really struggled with this. I was a music teacher, and after my
husband and I started having children, I so desperately wanted to quit my job
and stay home with my kids. I
stressed and stressed over this, praying everyday, but not really letting go
and trusting God. I tried to find
my own way to make it work. I
wrote a proposition to my principal requesting to teach part time, which was
turned down. I poured over
information about new health care changes because my husband’s business is in
insurance, and I was scared of how that was going to affect our family and
whether or not I was going to have to keep working.
Until
one morning a fellow teacher and good friend came to my classroom before
school, where I was frantically trying to figure out if I was going to be
coming back for another year or not.
She told me that God had put on her heart to pray for me. So she prayed right there for me to
have peace and to let go, to trust in God’s timing and plan. I immediately felt a huge burden
lifted, and from that moment on I trusted and waited.
I
did have to wait longer than what I would have chosen if it were my plan. But in what I truly believe was God’s
perfect timing, He provided a way for me to be a stay-at-home mom and still get
to be involved in music too!
Our
family now feels a certain calling from God, and we are ready and willing, but also
waiting, trusting, and listening for God’s way and God’s time.
Allowing
Him to have control…faithfully waiting on His promises.
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