It's Saturday morning, and I woke up with a heavy heart.
Jarrod's working this morning, so it's just me and the kids...they're watching cartoons, which is just ridiculous because there's no Saturday morning cartoons anymore. Did you know that?
Well, there isn't.
But that's not why I have a heavy heart. And I'm really not a liberty to say why, and maybe I can't even put my finger on just one thing anyway.
Japan, housing markets, economies, leaky toilets, late winter snowstorms, no Saturday morning cartoons, comparing others, over-analyzing, undone projects, relationship issues, unanswered questions...what's not to feel heavy about, right?
But Thursday night, driving home late from a day trip just me and my kiddos and the Princess and the Frog, I was able to have a good, long chit-chat with God. Somehow Tiana, melted away and I spilled it to Him. Everything. All my hopes...right now, all my worries. Not like He didn't know anyway, but still I told Him all the same.
The thought that came back to me after all my ranting and gut-spilling was that His timing is the epitome of perfect and that "blessed are those who wait for him." ~Isaiah 30:18
And wait I will, because I know He's weaving up something perfect just for me and mine. And He reminded me that night that nothing even a control freak like me can conjure up will compare in the slightest to what He's got planned.
So I'm waiting for answered prayers, knowing He's got my best interest in mind and knowing that I'll be blessed in the waiting gives me hope and hope is good. Very good.
And wait you've done too :)
Remember when I teased you with some big news??
Well, I partly chickened out and partly didn't know if I was supposed to share. So I didn't.
But...next week is the week! I will share, even if it's risky :)
Have a great weekend, loves. And if you're waiting, remember you'll be blessed for it...
Hope.
7 comments:
I sent a prayer up for your heavy heart. I've had many a days like that with the future so uncertain. But as you stated God is in control and you know he has something better than you could ever plan.
i only hope the best for you and your family. and, if that means y'all are going to come live at my house, that'll be just fine by me!!!
cheer up! i'm praying for you!
Hang in there. Keep praying . . . it is wonderful when the answers come and you see how the parts of the journey fit together!
Hope your days become better. Thanks for sharing with us.
I've shared a similar heaviness, a time or two. I could have written this post, and I probably have. Just hold to the promises, girl.
And seriously, what is UP with Saturday mornings? Curious George happened to be on this a.m. at 7:30, which isn't always the case. Curious. ;)
I hope everything comes together for you, the way you want it to Alicia.
The thing is, what happens when you keep waiting and waiting and waiting and praying all the while and nothing comes? That's how I've been feeling...hoping for change.
Best wishes for a wonderful weekend :)
~Tricia
Sounds like a similar story to many, things are unsettling right now, but some of us are blessed to be in a relationship with an unfailing God, even if that is our only hope it is more than some have. I hope things get better, I'll be thinking of you, keep me in your thoughts to, cause I have been in my very own funk as well.
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