...make straight the paths that crooked lie....

I have unanswered prayers

I have trouble I wish wasn't there

And I have asked a thousand ways

That you would take my pain away

You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand

How to walk this weary land

Make straight the paths that crooked lie

Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking, heaven stands

When my heart is breaking

I never leave your hands

When you walked upon the earth

You healed the broken, lost and hurt

I know you hate to see me cry

One day you will set all things right

Yeah, one day you will set all things right

When my world is shaking, heaven stands

When my heart is breaking

I never leave your hands

Your hands that shaped the world

Are holding me

They hold me still

Your hands that shaped the world

Are holding me

They hold me still

When my world is shaking, heaven stands

When my heart is breaking

I never leave you

When my world is shaking, heaven stands

When my heart is breaking

I never leave

I never leave your hands

( JJ Heller "Hands")

was told today that I already have the faith to trust. the faith to make it through any kind of difficulty. the faith God gave me to believe that Jesus had saved me when He died on the cross. that this is all I need right now.

was told that those around me see how much I trust God. for my kids. for my parents. for all the difficulty and brokenness in my life and all around me. 

was told I just fall back in old patterns and believe lies I know are not true. when stuff gets hard..

was told I should not diminish what the Lord has been doing in my life already.

praying this morning that I want to live like this. want to rest and trust and wait and rejoice and not worry or be afraid. that I just don't know how to do this other than how I already do it. dwell on Him. His Word. pray and thank Him. reflect on who He is and what He has done for me in the past. Let His hands hold me. 

so what else do I need to do? how does that look? and again. I am told to trust and let go. 

Come, and rest here

Come, and lay your burdens down

Come, and rest here

There is refuge for you now

You'll find his peace

You'll know you're not alone anymore

He is here

You'll find his healing

You're heart isn't shattered anymore

He is Here

Breathe in

Breathe out

You will, You will find him here

I will rest in you

I will rest in you

( Kari Jobe, "Here")