I’m sure you have all heard the phrase “It’s just for a season.” I find myself dwelling on this, yet sometimes the season can go on for a lot longer than we reckoned it would. My husbands job seems to be the boulder we keep trying to move but it won’t budge. On some days I find myself having fierce trust that it’s in God’s hands and other times I am stressing over all the ways we are going to fail if things don’t change! I’m like the boat at sea-all can be calm but than the waves begin to grow, slaming harder and harder against the boat. The storm starts to brew in the distance and before you know it disaster strikes!
It takes me back to Matthew 8:23-27
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
I, in so many ways am like the disciples! I see God, I trust Him, but when things get scary and the tides get high I begin to doubt in His power. I feel abondened and alone and misery and sadness start to overtake me. I want to run over and wake Jesus so He can see what I am dealing with; Yet His answers remains the same for us now as it did back than… “ you of little faith, why are you so afraid?” This is when reality hits hard and my heart is torn between my flesh and my faith. God knew that we would face many battles. That earth would not be easy, yet He promises to take care of us!
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (Matthew 6:26)
His love is everlasting, no matter what I am facing His word is true and His commitment to me has never wavered! In the darkness I can feel burdened but when I uncover the truth, the light shuns the darkness away. Fear has always been the downfall of creation, today’s society is no exception. It’s in those times of discouragement I can give in or I can choose to believe God’s promises. I can surround myself with people who speak truth and love over me and refuel my hope tank.
Like Abraham and Sarah who faithfully trusted in the Lord I too shall wait. Knowing God has good things in store. Trusting God will use this time to teach, grow, and mold our family into who He desires us to be, fully knowing that blessings are just ahead of us! I hope that in times of trial and utter discouragement that you find faith to override any doubt and darkness you are facing. Coming to the same realization that the disciples did, that God has not sailed with you this far to leave you to drown you but to cast away the storm!
Hugs,
Julie Black
Faith Based Heart by Julie Black 
Loved reading this today! Thank you!
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