The title seems a bit improper. Can you have pieces of moments? Where I was going with this thought is, there are ordinary and extraordinary moments in our lives. Where do we find joy? Where does heartache go to heal? What of the prayer requests we send out? Are they tucked in-between the life we are aware of, or the places that are unfamiliar?
I’ve had conversations with two different, important women in my life. One gave a response that involved seeking a solution and the other wanted to be a part of the solution. But in the end, I found myself in prayer, searching for a nudge, an answer that would allow me to breathe and carry on.
And yet, here I am, still in the midst of distress. I know Jesus wants more from me. He wants me to pull out of myself out of the muck and mire. He knows that I am in there, but He isn’t going to do the work, that is my job. I have to figure out where to go on this path. He guides and lights the way, but He cannot live my life. I want it easy. Simple. Now.
God wants us to learn how to follow him and put down our demanding selves — to calm that screaming child in us. One way he helps us do this is to say, “Wait.” That miserable, uncomfortable, sometimes painful state of silence is one of God’s most powerful tools to set us free.
If we are willing, that is. ~Jade Mazarin
The blessing comes out of patience, time, waiting on God. His grace abounds, and that is what we will hold onto while He is working in us.
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