a friend in every season
This season, God is teaching me to leave places of defense and remain in a position of grace.
God is teaching me to not withhold this heart that’s made to love.
He is teaching me..
To not be afraid of quiet seasons, to not get caught up thinking that my life needs to be on high after high, praise point after praise point, because it’s not the spectacular wins and proud mountain top moments that have drawn me closer to Christ, but the silent pruning and cleansing seasons that grew my understanding of who Christ is and who I truly am in Him. It was the seasons of feeling bothered, yet knowing I needed to persevere and draw near.
I’ve learned that I don’t need to run from the blank spaces, muted moments or the seemingly empty seasons. I learned to find my place in the stillness, and choose to remain until I am capable of grasping, conceiving and comprehending precisely and exactly where Jesus is, and what He’s trying to teach me while I’m there.
Jesus said,
It’s time to abolish the shame and hesitation of being seen weak. It’s time to break free from fear of judgment, pressures of exclusion and worries of isolation. Satan’s best form of attack is on the mind — the very place we arm with knowing and accepting. He wants us to believe that what’s broken will never heal. But truth is, He offers grace in areas where we feel weak and divided..and He is teaching us the beauty of honest release in his presence.
There is healing and celebration to be found in every step we take towards the cross; and that is where He is calling us daily. It’s time to be truly sorry for the stones we have cast towards others, it’s time to cease from striving and trying, and learn the beauty of just coming to Jesus.
my usual response to pain is to run and hide, but Jesus called me from the depths of offenses and into the realms of freedom, healing and truth. He is calling me to be brave.
For the coming seasons, I will refuse to take another emotional beating from the enemy.
I will lay down and be honest. I will love freely, throw down the arms of judgement, and won’t leave for tomorrow what can be restored and repaired today.
I will fall short for sure, but the grace I’ve been acquainted to the past months have liberated me so much.
this season has brought me to a deeper awareness of what it means to bear His image and to daily walk in the truth that I am always loved, forgiven and cared for.
It means that when I weep, He weeps.
When I celebrate, He celebrates even more.
The fact that I bear merely his image is enough to remind me that He carries more than I do, knows more than I do, loves mores than I do.
There’s so much hope in who Jesus is and I can’t imagine life without having this sure hope.
Jesus, you are my friend in every season.
