Posted By Heather
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest”
-Matthew 11:28
Half the time, we as women don’t realize how weary we are until we hit rock bottom.
Im guilty of this. Just this past week, I finally hit rock bottom on the “I can do it all on my own” scale. I had to step away and recoup- I had to find myself in Him again.
I was watching Dharma and Greg (one of my favorite sitcoms) and Dharma was sitting in a chapel, and a man walks in and asks her what she is doing. She says she is talking to God. He replied with something to effect of “You are having a conversation with the creator of the universe, yet you are the one talking?”
How many times do we do that? How many times do we honestly believe that we can talk God into doing what we feel is best? I did it for years with my daughter. “God, You know she should be healed. Look at her, she is a precious little girl who doesnt deserve the heartache she has been given”. Yet instead of dictating, I should have been listening. I should have had the faith that God was in complete control of her life… and mine.
As women, there are so many aspects of our lives that we manage. Our hat collection is almost nauseating. We wear those hats proudly and with such arrogance, all the while forgetting who created those hats. The creator of the universe just wants us to listen. Listen to the promises He has given us. Listen to the cry of His heart for our lives. Just listen.
Last week, I had to put it all aside. I had to walk away and trust that the Creator of the Universe was very aware of my heart and my hurts. I had to have faith that His love for me is sufficient, and my lack of control was part of His plan.
He gave my weary heart rest…
In what areas of your life is your faith weak and your heart weary? How does this scripture apply to those areas and how can you put this promise into action in your life?
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This is something I needed tonight. Thank you Heather.
Oh man howdy, I deal with this alot, I had my first meeting at Divorce care tonight and we talked about this very thing!!
I am always giving and turning my hurts over and then try to take them back because I think I can do better??? All this week I am going to consciously not keep anything!!
Thanks Heather this was awesome.
Thanks, Heather. The way you said it just hit me….
“I had to have faith that His love for me is sufficient, and my lack of control was part of His plan.”
We are in what seems to be the stage of eternal waiting for approval to travel to China to adopt our daughter, and I have not been coping well with the wait. You hit the nail on the head; not ony am I not in control, but that is specifically His plan! Thanks again.
Right where I am tonight Heather! Thanks
Not that it makes it all worth it, because nothing ever could, but your hurts over Emma turn into lessons that touch many, many people. It touched me tonight as I read this, struggling with many of the same things. Thanks:)
Currently battling weariness. Faith temperature? Always clinging to Him.
I just found you through 5 Minutes for Mom. Boy your post and hers have hit me heavy today. Where am I most weary? When trying to do the best for my boys, I guess. It’s hard to do that and balance everything else.
Yes, I am working on giving this up to God and trusting him for the Rest.
The Dharma and Greg quote really makes you stop and think, doesn’t it? We can all be a little presumptuous sometimes. This is one I’ll be thinking about for a while.
And give yourself a little break. You accomplished an awful lot last week, especially at Emma’s school.
wow. this is where i am sitting today. the last 24 hours have been hard. i am tired of the “fight”, i am not in control. i am not always happy. i am not always cheerful.
i am weary. i am weak.
BUT when we are weak - HE IS STRONG. so, i guess i am in a very good place, indeed!
In what areas of your life is your faith weak and your heart weary? How does this scripture apply to those areas and how can you put this promise into action in your life?
Faith and Fear
One of the things that use to really confuse my about my recovery is when people thinking they were helping me would come to me and say. Sonja you can not be afraid, Fear and Faith have no place with each other. You cannot Love and Trust God and have Fear still in your heart.
Let me tell you, for someone who is just stepping in recovery, that knows now that they absolutely Love the Lord, but still struggles because not all the darkness has left them. Well hearing things like that from people can really confuse an already tender and shaky heart and mind.
Just think about it a heart in recovery, well it has just been broken completely. Ripped in every direction it really needs to be in order to repair properly. So it is like a new born babies heart, tender and soft, and vuneralbe for remolding and building a new foundation. That right there is a scary thing for anyone.
So fear in my opinion is just a factor in all the new emotions that will be coming to that new heart as it travels down the road to recovery. I am not saying a good emotion given to us by God, more of an human emotion given to us by those in this world oppressed from God. As I am learning thru reading the bible for the first time. I just got to say really quick on that subject, Wow, I did not know there were so many amazing stories. I am reading back and forth from 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah.
There were Kings who gave it all to God, still had there scary moments. Kings who lead in horror worshiping idols, killing sons, doing witchcraft, you know they had almost 24/7 in scary moments.
So this is what I am seeing now for the first time it is becoming clear to me. Faith may be choosing like me to believe God even when your heart and soul is being overwhelmed with Fear. So perhaps Faith is tested by; What We do with Fear, and not whether or not we have it. Titles of People and even there own heritage means nothing if the King of their Hearts desire is not God. That is why I felt like nothing for so many years. Because my own parents were oppressed from God, made us think of them for our King, and to worship and obey only them , instead of what our own young hearts desires were wanting, God himself.
Don’t get me wrong we need our parents, we need to be loved by them, but it is their responsibility to mold us in God’s image not theirs. Satan can not force us to go where he leads, we have to freely choose to go their. When we do that as parents we not only show God how we live in the face of fear, but we also show our children the paths to Satan not to God. So while I do get less fearful each day, when fear does come to me now I will not let Fear say I am a defeated Child of God, I will just say God I am going to show You how I now will deal with this Fear creature, it is by your wisdoms, and you spirit in me that I will deal with Fear now, and only that way.
So exactly where I was this morning! Thanks for this post. It kept me going today.
I am weary on so many fronts, but I know God gives me rest when I need it and strength when I need it. My post is about my weariness in waiting for a child.
FINALLY got my post in.
sigh.
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HI i am trying to reach god i have a lot of stuff to talk to him about and my heart is broken and soul is hurt so if you could direct me to he please