A Button and a Peacoat
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November 11th, 2013, this was the date of the very first post on Iamtrustinggod.com. That was 1649 days ago or 4 years, 6 months, 7 days to be precise.
I began this blog for two reasons, one is because I felt God’s leading to do so, and the other was to encourage myself (and others) with stories, quotes, images, and songs about the faithfulness of God.
This is important because while life can be awesome a lot of the time, there are also those days where it may be hard to remember to breath, let alone follow God’s leading.
But follow we must, because life is short (that’s not just a bumper sticker slogan, it really is) and God’s plans for us will not happen unless we trust him enough to follow his lead. Even if that means going through the hard, and sometimes barren places.
As I was writing this, God brought to my mind a clip from a movie where a man was taking a walk with God and was so focused on what God was saying to him that it was only after they had finished talking that he realized that God had led him out to the middle of a large body of water. Interesting enough, immediately afterward a song from the band Need to Breath came on the radio. I had not heard the song before and was awed by the words…
There’s no turning back
Nothing in the past
My eyes on You again
Can’t see nothing at all
But Your outstretched arms
Help me believe it
Though I falter
You got me walking on water
This brings me to the reason for this post. God is leading me out on the water and to be honest I have been not that excited about it.
Let me explain. I started this blog only for those reasons stated above. So, for four and half years I have paid for a premium membership because I did not want advertising to be distracting to anyone who visited it.
Yet, a few weeks ago I felt God’s leading to place a donate button on the website. My initial reaction was, “No way! This is not from God.” There were several reasons for my reaction, but, I mainly just did not want to distract or cheapen the message of the blog.
So initially, I did nothing. Then, as God has a way of speaking to me, I kept hearing that still small voice over and over reminding me to place the button. I got alone and prayed, “If this is not you God, let me forget all about it.” But I didn’t. So, I prayed with a friend, “God if this is not you let me forget all about it.” But I did not forget. I woke up with the thought, fell asleep with the thought, was in the middle of reading to my grandchild and the thought popped into my head, you get the picture. So, then I resigned myself to add the button…just maybe sometime in the future. Until it happened. I woke up to…well nothing. Nothing but silence.
It took me only a moment to realize the silence I felt left somewhat of a void. I knew then and there that I should not delay in obeying God. Because I love God! Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that “Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.” Though I wish I would have acted immediately (honestly, I am usually not so stubborn…usually), I am grateful for God’s guidance.
So, in obedience to God, I humbly now do what He has called me to do. I know that He is leading me into a new season and although I am unsure of what exactly it looks like, I do know that as long as I keep my eyes fixed on him, he will lead me to where I need to be.
Will you please join me in praying that God’s will, and only his will, be done in and through this blog, and in and through the future call on my life as a writer, teacher, (and I hope) missionary. May you please prayerfully consider giving towards that work (whether through Prayers or monetarily).
If you are not led. That is alright! Please know that this is a guilt free zone. I am happy that you are here. All I hope is that by visiting you are encouraged to trust God a little bit more.
If you do feel led to give into the work God is doing, please know that I will not take lightly your obedience to God’s.
One of the first post’s I wrote was called A Pea Coat, A Girl, and a Lesson in Trusting God, it was all about how I obeyed God’s leading to give my new coat away, ended up walking a mile home in a snowstorm without it and was not even cold (I was warmed from the inside out). The crazy thing is that I was only able to experience the miracle because I obeyed God.
Bring on the snow.
