Good Saturday Morning, wonderful blog community. I’ve thought of you so many times this week and knew that some of you really active ones were wondering where on earth the Mama was. Sabrina told me a few weeks ago that I had a week off coming up and I knew in that moment what I wanted to do with it. I did not take it off but I did stay home each day this week – out here in the country – and gave my full attention to a personal project. I normally still would have blogged at least once but, for the life of me, I could not think of anything to say. I’ve just had a quiet of sorts fall on me. Have you had times like that? Times when a stab of pain was personal enough and stunning enough to somehow cause you to put your hand over your mouth and keep it there a while? Times when you want to scream, “What is going on here? What is this madness? How did this happen??”
If you’re like me, you find it much easier to talk about a storm in its wake. In the middle of it, you’re just trying to hold on tight to the edges of the boat and keep from throwing up while it rocks to and fro. I’m still in it so I’d rather not even speak to it directly and once again ask you to resist conjecture as well. This is such a public format. I don’t want anyone involved in the challenge hurt by any words here. There’s enough hurt. But I want to be able to minister here and serve here and share with you even in the middle of a hard situation. Please let me leave it at that. Staying general invites more people to relate anyway.
One reason I have a quiet come over me in a season like this is the pure length of time that can be involved. Yesterday someone I’m crazy about shot me a very loving text that included, “How is it all going?” and I never answered it because it’s going the same as it went last week. Anybody understand what I’m saying? This dyed in the wool sanguine likes to say, “SO MUCH BETTER!” I don’t like to burden people long term. Oh heck, I don’t like to be burdened long term either. Who does?? In our humanity, we all wear out eventually. But sometimes the fact is, we’re not quite at the point of so much better yet. We will be. Make no mistake. Those of us who are willing to let Jesus minister to us in the deepest parts of our souls and knead the crushed grain of brokenness into break will indeed be so much better. It’s just a matter of time. Satan will indeed be defeated. And God will make sure he’s sorry.
I decided I had the words to write to you this morning – not because I felt talky all the sudden but – because Charles Spurgeon supplied them to me. They landed on a sore spot in my soul and brought some comfort and insight. I thought I’d just share the whole thing with you then make a closing comment or two. From Morning and Evening, today’s date…
“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.”
— Psalm 55:22
Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by the apostles; and it is one which cannot be neglected without involving transgression: for the very essence of anxious care is the imagining that we are wiser than God, and the thrusting ourselves into his place to do for him that which he has undertaken to do for us. We attempt to think of that which we fancy he will forget; we labour to take upon ourselves our weary burden, as if he were unable or unwilling to take it for us. Now this disobedience to his plain precept, this unbelief in his Word, this presumption in intruding upon his province, is all sinful. Yet more than this, anxious care often leads to acts of sin. He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God’s hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself. This sin leads to a forsaking of God as our counsellor, and resorting instead to human wisdom. This is going to the “broken cistern” instead of to the “fountain;” a sin which was laid against Israel of old. Anxiety makes us doubt God’s lovingkindness, and thus our love to him grows cold; we feel mistrust, and thus grieve the Spirit of God, so that our prayers become hindered, our consistent example marred, and our life one of self-seeking. Thus want of confidence in God leads us to wander far from him; but if through simple faith in his promise, we cast each burden as it comes upon him, and are “careful for nothing” because he undertakes to care for us, it will keep us close to him, and strengthen us against much temptation. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee.”
Spurgeon, C. H. (2006). Morning and evening : Daily readings (Complete and unabridged; New modern edition.). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.
I think I’ve told you before that I like to do my early morning reading out of a different translation than the one I use the rest of the time. Different wording often has a way of stirring up a different response in me. So, a couple of translations sit on my desk where I have my quiet time. One is always The NET Bible because Melissa gave it to me several years ago and it has (literally) “60,932 Translators’ Notes.” If I’m not presently doing a Bible study in my quiet time like the one I just finished of Kelly Minter’s, then often I’ll open up a devotional reading like Spurgeon’s. Because many of the daily devotionals don’t have longer Bible readings assigned with them, I check the verse they’re using then turn to that chapter in my Bible and read it. (True to form, I’m making this explanation harder than it has to be. I’ll try to cut to the chase.)
SO, this morning I opened up The NET Bible and read a large portion of Psalm 55. When I got to verse 22 – the verse captioned in the Spurgeon devotional –Â I sat tight on the NET translation:
“Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.”
Maybe you’re visual, too, and right about now you’re picturing throwing. Like hauling off and throwing something as hard as you can. And maybe getting a little frustration and madness out of your soul while you’re at it. Maybe crying while you’re doing it. Even out loud.
Throw.
Before you’re tempted to hold it to your chest and suffocate yourself nearly to death with it.
Throw.
Then something else spoke to me. It was one of those 60, 932 scholars’ notes. The comment footnotes the word “you” at the end of the phrase “Throw your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you.” I’ll just cut and paste the note from my Bible software so you can see it for yourself.
“The pronoun is singular; the psalmist addresses each member of his audience individually.”
Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First Edition Notes (Ps 55:22). Biblical Studies Press.
Individually. We EACH have the invitation to throw our burdens upon the Lord and let Him sustain us. Not the “we” of us. The “you” and “me” of us. We also each have the responsibility. In other words, no one can throw our burden on the Lord for us. We can’t call in a relief pitcher. Don’t misunderstand. We can certainly call upon people to pray for us and with us and the New Testament adamantly tells us to carry one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2) but listen. There is a difference between a burden that is entrusted for us in a season that we are to partner in sharing and carrying. Say, for instance, a long term illness or thorn in the flesh. But the part of the burden that we are inadvertently – even accidentally – playing God over needs to be THROWN, Girlfriend. The part we’re suffocating under because we’re no longer walking, we’re laying down with it on top of us, needs to be…
Thrown.
When we keep trying to figure out what would fix it, then we try that, and it doesn’t work so we wring our hands and go to the next fix, we need to throw it. We cannot be Savior. We know that because, Lord help us, we cannot even save ourselves.
I so don’t want to be depressing this morning. Forgive me. See? That’s why I’m not as anxious to write while I’m right in the middle of something. But, after this morning’s reading, I don’t feel as depressed about it. I feel a little lighter. A little less weight on my chest. My hope is that you do, too. And if you do, it won’t be this post. It will be Jesus.
Oh, you guys. I love you so much. I care so much. Don’t grow weary. God is working. Jesus IS Savior. HE WILL SAVE.
Beth,
Once again you are an inspiration even when you may
need inspiration. I am glad Spurgeon helped and thank
you for sharing. THROWING! THROW! THROWN!
All care and worry! not an issue, not even a blip on my
radar.
I am praying for you.
I love you Mama Beth. Thank you for being so transparent with us, for encouraging us, for loving us and always pointing us to Jesus Christ! To Him be the glory now and forevermore.
Oh I so needed to hear this today, and everyday. I’ve been so burdened by something that is so frustrating. And the main reason it’s so frustrating is I thought that was behind me. I thought I’d moved on. I thought I’d “thrown” it to God already. But in my fleshly nature, I hold on and I don’t trust. I believe the lies of Satan instead of God’s truth of who I am in Him. Then I spiral down and get depressed and wallow in the sin of focusing on myself instead of letting God take it once again. I know it’s a sin of pride- believing all the “yuckiness” of who I am instead of believing I’m a new creation in Christ. I don’t know why I do this over and over, but I’m SICK OF IT, and thankful that God, in His great mercy, collects it from me again and murmurs His truth to my heart. Thank you for this wonderful post. Sometimes it helps to just know we’re not alone in it. Love you guys!
OK…so I know this may not be the perfect place to write this, but I am just DYING to click on the “I memorized James” button on the LP site! I have 15 verses left to go…I had set a goal of Jan 1-May 31, but I am not quite going to make it!!! I won’t be too much longer though! I think I’m going to memorize 1 Peter next maybe…keep the flow going. Thanks for all you do for women, Beth!
Oh, sweet Mama Beth, I so needed those words. My burden is surgery scheduled this Wednesday for a knee replacement. Satan has had me in the pit with all the things that can go wrong, supplemented by numerous “war stories” from well-meaning friends and family who have had this same surgery. I am 67 and never had surgery, (actually the last time in a hospital was 39 years ago giving birth!) so the whole experience is a bit unnerving to say the least! I plan to THROW the fear of surgery and all the complications right at Satan before I enter the hospital. (And a prayer from you would be so appreciated!)
Beth, thank you so much for your word and thoughts, know you, family and situation are lifted to the throne room. God on you today filling and surrounding you wijth His sweet warm spirit of love and peace. I too hav been in a season of hurt so deep I never thought anything could hurt so bad. When you hurt with and for your children it is bad, but nothing compared to the pain that comes when your grandchildren go thru pain. God is so faithful to give peace in the midst of th storm. cryin may endureth for th night, but joy comes in th morning prayin your nite will soon be over joy comes luv u
Beth:
Thank you so much for sharing… it really felt like it was my life you were talking about. So I understand. Not very talkative these days and just have been crying out to God to take care of it all. I am praying for you and your family as you walk this out with Him who loves us so. Again thank you for sharing!
Love and Blessings,
Lichelle
How hilarious! This is so exactly what I needed to hear this very day. I can’t thank you enough for sharing.
Thank you for being …. well, just you. Just real. Just Beth.
Thanks for letting me ‘see’ just a tiny window into what the Lord is doing. This faith walk isn’t easy –even when you’re Beth Moore. We all have times of trial. My heart aches for your trial and I pray God rectifies the situation quickly. Thank you for sharing the thrown — I LOVE that visual. God is using it in my life — I’m off to THROW some stuff at the feet of Jesus.
Beth-Thank you so much for sharing! It’s a privilege to lift you before the throne of our Heavenly Father who never leaves us or forsakes us.Casting you before Him even now!
Sitting quietly next to you and praying for you….big hugs.
Oh Sweet Siesta Mama,
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! For breaking your “quiet” and in the midst of your pain being vulnerable and leading us by your example yet again. I can feel your heart through your post, my heart is very tender right now too, pain-fully tender in fact as my little sister is in the throw’s of alcholol addiction and when our mom went home to be with the Lord a little over four years ago, my six siblings all scattered in different directions to cope with her loss, as she toO was the center of our world and our glue. With the loss of my mom, my sister decided that now she could let loose and really give in to her addiction and it has nearly consumed her life and all of us who love her. My young son (17 yrs. old) I just discovered this past week is battling a drug addiction. I feel like a fish being gutted right now. Such pain and all I want to do, all I think I NEED to do, is FIX IT and oh dear God, if you’d just show me what to do, what to say……..and he simply says to me, just pray…..just trust and pray…..pray…..so I’ll pray like I ve never prayed before and I will not just “cast” it I will “THROW” it and “THROW” it and then “THROW” it again until redemption and deliverance comes!!!!
MERCY STILL TRIUMPHS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you so……(I didn’t mean to take up so much space but thank you for allowing it)
That was a word in due season.
I am hugging you right now!!!!! (((((( Beth))))))) XO!!
Thank you Beth. I really really needed this post!!!!
“True to form” you help others by sharing during your own time of need. Thank you.
It feels like I’m in a very similar place right now and that I am battling hard to trust God.
Deuteronmy 1 v29-33 spoke so powerfully to me this morning.
“Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way until you reached this place…”
Struck me that at it’s simplest, obedience is trusting God, what he tells us about who he is and living accordingly…as Psalm 81 v16 tells us, if we do this we will be satisfied.
Thank you for this encouragement to keep going and to do a whole lot of throwing in obedience and trust, even if I’m throwing for years.
Dear Beth,
You precious lady! I so needed that word from your blog. Right now I am under so much. My Mom was in hospice care, but she got so sick, she and I signed her out, so I could call 911. We literally said our physical goodbyes in the street as she was being put into the ambulance. For I have severe agoraphobia, have had it for 33 years. She is in a skilled nursing place, we talk on the phone often, not easy at all. My younger and only sister, has all of sudden come in and taken over everything, down to changing the locks on Mom’s house, getting all the power of attorney’s in her name only. She won’t let me in my own my Mom’s house, while she goes through things. I am physically alone (never married, no children, just me, a dog and parakeet). I get so concerned about what will happen when the Lord calls Mom home. How I will be all alone. It is such a super heavy burden I have carried around, worried way too much about it, in such anxiety ridden hours of worry, and concern, it is time to cast it upon the Lord. To let go, and let God help me. To stop “what if ing” and start thanking Him for all He has done and will do. I so enjoy Wednesday’s with Beth!!! You are such a blessing to me. God bless you.
Beth, you are still so precious and to all the ladies I know adore you, definitely including me! (I’m a retiree from 38 years of my hubby a Sr. Pastor.) You are deeply loved. I want to thank Lindsee for her previous comment on this incredible blog. She explained Seistas…I always wondered what that meant and now I feel marvelous because I am a Seista. Whoohooo, thanks Lindsee! Thanks Beth for the tremendous caring you have and all you do!
For months, I couldnt pray Beth. Simply because I refused to throw and insisted on handling things on my own because I thought my God couldnt care enough to do this for me. How wrong can I be at times! These words are Huge to me and I am glad you typed them out even while dealing with something. I appreciate them so much in this season of life. More than you can even imagine. <3
As Kelly above did, I thought of 1 Peter 5:7 also when reading this. When I memorized the 1 Peter verse, I remember always moving my forearm when saying the verse as if I was casting a fishing line – a memory help to relate it to Peter the fisherman. I’m no fisher-woman but I’ve heard fishermen interchange the words “throw out your line” and “cast out your line.” I admit when memorizing the verse, I did more of a “gentle” cast with my forearm, not exactly a “throw.” It occurred to me in reading your post that God is big enough and actually asks/commands us to “throw that thing!” And He says in 1 Peter “on him” and in Psalms 55, “on the Lord.” Somehow, this is such a relief to be able to use my whole body and not just my forearm and throw that thing!
Thank you for this. I needed it today.
Thank you so much for sharing from your heart. Our God is so good! He knew that so many of us needed those words right now. My family is also going through a situation right now. I have been so dutiful to take this to God, but instead of THROWING it to Him, I have been giving Him ideas on how to handle it-what He needs to do to fix it. Like the Supreme God needs my help! Today I am going to throw it to Him! I am going to praise Him for the situation because He can use it for an opportunity to bring us closer to Him.
yep. I’m there.
Thank you!
MMMmmm, yes, am there. Thanks.
I love you so much too.
It’s been almost a year since I’ve blogged, I so know what you mean about being quiet during the storm. I’ve recently been overwhelmed with this portion of Acts 14:22b NASB “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
HE and HIS kingdom are here! How I’d love to sit across the table and pray together and encourage one another in the Word.
Beth,
Can i throw my self? i am so worn out with hurt from years of a difficult situation that i don’t think i can throw anything. But thank you for the encouragement to keep being obedient NO MATTER WHAT. God isn’t good, he’s FANTASTIC! if not for Him i am dead. i will pray for you and yours as i know you pray for us.
much love,
siesta
Oh the quiet place. My hand has covered my own mouth many times and I’m the better for it. God speaks then, when I am quiet and I am able to hear Him. He speaks to the thing I was frantically trying to figure out on my own.
He is strong enough to handle each and every one of us simultaneously throwing our burdens onto Him! Oh He is Good! Then, we wait for healing to come…and it will! Yes Beth, the healing, the saving, the rejoicing WILL come!
Your sister in Jesus,
Kami
Manitoba Canada
Beth…thanks so much for sharing your thoughts…a burden shared is cut in half, a joy shared is doubled…I too read the Spurgeon’s may 26th…I believe this life is a constant “throwing”…I cannot let my thinking about certain griefs in my life for more than a second or else I am helpless…so as soon as that sad feeling comes in I “throw” and let God continue to handle what He has promised to do…thanks for sharing…you have such a beautiful gift of words…
Well now…I finally “get it”. This “throwing” is the “let go and let God” I was taught at my Momma’s knee. “Casting all your cares…”it’s actually a throw that takes a will and even a physical effort on my part to recognize my need. Your mentoring and allowing your journey to speak to we siestas has an eternal weight of glory, and I’m so grateful. I’m throwing hard now!
Believing with you for victory,
Pam H.
Beth, Thank you for being real with your struggles and with your successes. I appreciated your writing today because I know that God speaks during the hard times and thanks you for sharing your heart.
I have been working out with a Christian trainer to get in shape for my son’s wedding in July. We are doing the power phase now and I get to throw the medicine balls off my chest (so to speak) which has been very empowering for me and I do not know why. You made me think today that maybe I am throwing some of my stuff off my chest physically but also spiritually. I feel like I have strength to do this and I like that strong feeling. I like that God is even stronger but that I have to throw it to him and give it to him before it is lifted from my shoulders or chest or mind.
Thanks for helping me see this today. God bless you now and forever.
I am going through almost the exact same thing as you are and have been since Feb 23. Every word you wrote I could see myself writing. I totally get it. Thanks for writing this.
Beth:
My heart hurts for you. I appreciate your openness to the agree you feel you can share with us who love you. We all live on this panet and go through times of pain, trials and testing, but we sometimes forget that someone of your notoriety is not exempt from the same pain and disappointments in life. In reality you are living life alongside us one day at a time.
In my devotional this morning (“Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young ©2004) it brought out that man tends to make himself the measure (plumb-line) of all things which, inturn, minimizes God’s magestic vastness in our eyes. We are zoomed IN so close to ourselves and our problems to even be able to see how truly huge He is. We need to zoom OUT to get a better glimpse of Him
and His greatness.
How God longs for us to throw our cares on Him. He longs for us to put our dependency in Him instead of ourselves, someone else or something else – solely in Him. He tells us over and over to rest – rest in Him. I pray that you can find yourself resting in Him today and in the days to come.
Now, I’m going to practice some pitching today ;). Thanks!
Love you so much!
Life just plain stinks some days.
I just read Psalm 55:22 last night…I love what you shared with us about the “you” – singular, individual. God is a personal God to each of us…and He continues to show me that more each day.
Praying for you and your family…
I love it when God gives me an “aha moment!” I am sure THROWING your cares will resonate with a couple of my family members, with whom I will share your blog post. Thanks for writing, even when you don’t totally “feel it.” God uses your words to illuminate His! Praying The Blood of Jesus over you and yours, as well as God’s provision for your every need at this particular time.
Thank you, Beth. It has been a long hard trudge up the mountain for the past couple of years. Needed to hear this today!
Beth,
I just want to share this little connection that the Lord has placed upon my heart after reading this post:
Yesterday I was driving from my sister’s house in Omaha, Nebraska to my home in Springfield, Missouri. It’a BORING drive. So to pass the time I put on Louie’s last talk from Passion 2012. (Don’t worry. I just listened to it. I did not actually watch the video while I was driving). You may remember that he mainly talks about how college age people need not think they must follow the timeline of grade school, college, world-changing job and the “what am I supposed to do with my life” questions that so many 20 somethings face.
In the middle of it he says “brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrows of healing.” It struck me deeply as I have been struggling through a nasty church situation for the last couple of years.
I was struck again reading this post because when you talked about THROWING a burden the visual went a little further in my head from throwing a burden or brokenness/pain/trial/whatever upon the Lord to Him taking that circumstance and fashioning it into a bow to launch arrows of healing.
I don’t know if this will make any sense to anyone else but I just had to share it.
In Christ’s love,
Emma
Oh Beth, I love you. I love you for having a hearing heart and still allowing God to speak through you in your pain. What you just said here spoke so directly to me it was as if the Holy Spirit was sitting in front of me writing as I read. No doubt, He was. Praying for your precious heart as you make it your business to pray for all of ours. You are so dearly loved. <3
I too am in the midst of a struggle – recent diagnosis of incurable/debilitating illnesses – and as if the pain/exhaustion isn’t enough, the anger/frustration/helplessness overwhelms both me and my family – this verse from NET translation was EXACTLY what I needed today. Thank you for sharing purposeful promises (as all of them are!) from Truth – thank you! I am hurling all this upon Him even now…praise be unto our Great God!
Dear Beth, we all love you and Gay so much. You all are in my prayers and countless other’s prayers, I am sure.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this post. I have felt like that at times in my life. I never doubted that God was at work. But, I wrestled with giving the situation to Him one minute, looking for the good in it and the next minute I was depressed as I pondered the whole situation. In the meantime, He was always there as my Rock, tethering me to Him, for as long as it took to finally get my footing again. You are in my prayers! Love!
praying for you during this hard time………. thank you so much for sharing, I really struggle with the throwing part, so needed to hear that.
Blessings……..
karen:)
Oh, Beth! Thank you ever so much for posting this. I am in tears thinking that verse is meant as much for me as for anyone else. There are three big situations I have been praying about for 20-30 years. And I am so, so weary of not seeing answers. I am going to throw as hard as I can. I am the one trying so hard not to be these persons’ Holy Spirit, but I am busy trying everything I can think of to ‘help’. I surrender. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing this – extremely helpful. My husband and I mentor several women in various stages of recovery from alcohol and drugs. I hurt for you all about your sister, and was so touched by her story – and continue to pray for you all. My sister (Jan Moscone) was the Director at ADA House in Galveston, TX (at one time expanded to three houses) roughly during the time your sister was in that area. I now have her Recovery Bible and make sure all of our girls also have their own copy. And…I share every bit of wisdom I can find with these girls…frequently from one of your books, or, more recently from your Bible Study on the Book of James. Heartfelt thanks for being real – it means more than you know.
With love,
Jacque
Amen!!!! I am throwing…Thank you for sharing your heart once again, Beth. I heard a worship song last night at church, about “laying my fear by the side of the road” and now I read your post. Seems to me I need to be throwing and laying my fear by the side of the road…blessings, love and prayers, Pam in San Diego
thank you Beth for your words. I don’t read alot of blogs because of living overseas and not having good internet connection, but this one came to me today from the Lord. I have been struggling with such emotional pain and sadness lately and I keep trying to figure out how to respond. My heart is breaking for my brother that isn’t walking with the Lord. I haven’t even known what to say or how to keep from crying when I talk to him. He has caused so much pain for our family but especially for his family. I go from being so mad I can’t think straight to being so incredibly sad that he is missing what God has for his life. Thank you for the reminder that I can THROW this burden on HIM who KNOWS & LOVES my brother more than me. Some friends of mine & I are getting ready to start the Esther bible study tonight over here in Papua New Guinea. I cannot wait to see what the Lord teaches me during the study. Thank you for your ministry.
You know what’s hard? To keep having to throw the same burden on Him. When a season of pain is so long and it does not seem to have an end in sight I find myself retrieving the burden over and over only to have to throw it back. Craziness. He’s ever faithful though. Ever gentle, ever redeeming. Praying for you dear Beth. I get it. I so get it.
I’m a little late reading this, but let me just say God’s timing is PERFECT! If I had read it two days ago when you wrote it, I have no doubt it would have had an impact, but none like it had for me today. The last 24 hrs have brought me literally to my knees as I’ve cried out to God for peace, wisdom, and discernment in a situation involving one of my children, and trusting her to Him who loved her first. Know that the specific wording in the translation of Psalm 55:22 that you posted here was EXACTLY what I needed to hear, the Lord once again pouring His extravagant love and grace over me in the way that only He can, and please know that I am praying He will do the very same for you. Thanks for allowing Him to work through your heartache to touch this mother’s heart-You are truly a blessing!
Boy am I familiar with this one! “Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin.” Dot, dot, dot – for me, this is worry. I can’t tell you how many times I worry about something and try to figure out how to fix it. Thing is, it’s usually someONE I’m worrying about, and I can’t fix them anyway. Only Jesus can! Which sends me right back to Romans 15:13 “Now, may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Psalm 71:5 “YOU are my hope, O Lord God, YOU are my confidence from my youth.” Lord, I can’t thank you enough for having it all in Your control. I will wait for You! Help us do it Lord.
Beth, thank you so much for being so real. It is more than refreshing. We are all on a journey together and none of us are exempt from the valleys – but, oh how faithful He is to bring us to the other side!
Oh have I EVER felt this way and related!!! I love the image of throwing. Like a hot potato I don’t want to be long holding, just carelessly tossing it away, to get rid of it, but knowing God’s hands are able to catch whatever I throw and in what ever direction I am capable of throwing it His way. LOVE THIS.
Just prayed for your situation whatever it may be.
Love You Mama Beth.