![]() I had to come to terms with this word, which is weird considering it was technically mine for the choosing. Imagine me physically shaking my fists and stomping my feet. Imagine me, upon hearing this, having a minor little temper tantrum in my prayers. Really? Y’all, our mountains have been doing almost nothing BUT shaking this past year. “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken.” Isaiah 54:10 Unshakeable sounds like my world’s about to be shaken, right? I feel like God plopping this in my lap means a whole lot is going to get worse before a whole lot gets better.Īnd the best part of it all is the verse. I mean, who walking the face of this earth hasn’t felt these emotions? He created us, so I’m sure He can handle it. I don’t think He turns His back when we fist shake and get a little feisty with Him neither. I don’t think he cringes when we question Him. It’s at this point where I should let you know how I feel about talking to God. A quiet little soul whisper that I caught right away. But after years of realizing that Meaghan is not a nice Meaghan unless she spends a little time in the Word and with the Lord, I’ve become accustomed to doing so.Īnd this year, as I was thinking through my word and my verse, it pressed on me. Which is tough for me because sitting still and letting my mind rest is not my forte. ![]() The catch is I have to get quiet enough to let it. It’s more that something presses on my heart, a word, a phrase, something, that I cannot escape. It’s not like a whisper in my ear, though once, prior to Connor’s first surgery it totally was, though that’s a story for another day. ![]() I tend to agree.Īnywho, the few times I’ve actually heard God it’s not an actual voice. I guess because God is God and created us and all AND performed the most miracle of all miracles in the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus He doesn’t feel like He should have to be so obvious. It’s not like biblical times, mind you, we don’t stumble on a burning bush or have a dust cloud follow us around (though both would be totally cool and Insta-worthy for sure). If you’re one of those people and I’ve lost you, I’m #sorrynotsorry, because I believe in all of the above. I know some people believe in God but not in God talking to us. I know some people get weirded out by the thought of God actually speaking to us. And I gotta say, I’m a little ticked at God about it. But we made it.Īnd now here I am, starting a new year with a new word and a new verse. From serious parenting worries and concerns to Connor’s accident to problems with Jeff’s job (and lots of other things in between), it felt like courage was the only thing I needed. I didn’t see this one come into play until the last half of the year where we were hit with what felt like stealth missile attack after stealth missile attack. That was the year I found my backbone, learned how to treat myself and expect the same from others and dug in deep to my relationship with God. If I’m being honest, I think I chose this one more than God did. The following year, GROW, I initially chose because I expected it would be a year of tremendous growth for the blog. It was tough, but it was also the year when BurntToast was born. I was trying to reinvent myself and figure out who the heck I was. I was coming off of major heartbreak and life change. I see how each of them wove their way into their respective year, and in the case of Jeremiah, through all of them. In the past three years, my words have been Plans ( Jeremiah 29:11), Grow ( Matthew 17:20) and Courage ( Deuteronomy 31:6). I’ve done this for the past few years with varying degrees of success. He can because he’s God and He can do what He wants to do) but at least we can acknowledge that focusing in on an intention for any time period, even if you fail and only make it one month or one week, is a good thing. Sure, you might not believe that God can just drop a word in our laps (PSA: you’re wrong. ![]() So you’ve heard of this trend, right? It’s the one where you meditate or pray on your intention for the year and you hope, if you believe, that God will show you the word and subsequent bible verse you need to focus on all year long. Because I’ve got a serious bone to pick with the one that ended up in my lap. ![]() Right? Anyway, we’ll get to this Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Oatmeal Banana Breakfast Cookie recipe in a sec (I’m super excited about this recipe, y’all) but first I want to talk about this trend of finding your “word” for a year. Can you believe this is my first recipe of 2020? And even larger than that, that it’s even 2020? I honestly can’t and am still fighting through that weird transitional period where you become a master in the art of changing a 19 into a 20 every time you write a check. ![]()
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