I have to confess I hadn't realised it was my turn to post until this afternoon, when it was past the deadline. Although I have been online, I haven't been checking in with the Salt girls as I ought to have. I need to overhaul my priorities. Praise God that he sends people to nudge us in the right direction.
As a family we have recently taken the step of moving back to the church we left 3 years ago. It is in our home town, and we believe God has a work for us to do there. In the weeks leading up to the transition, I have been very mindful of the Lord speaking to me gently but firmly of things that I have to lay aside in order to serve him effectively. As you can imagine, the reasons we left in the first place were not happy, so the idea of coming back to a place of hurt is not an easy one. However, the Lord can provide such healing when we seek his will, and on hearing his voice, obey. I am reminded of a chorus we sang as children.
We obey because he first loved us, and in obeying we find peace and joy in the perfect will of God, what a great place to be!
O B E D I E N C E
Obedience is the very best way,
to show that we believe.
Doing exactly as the Lord commands,
doing it joyfully (woopee)
Action is the key, do it immeadiately, and joy you will receive.
3 comments:
Thank you for sharing this, Ruth. God bless you all as you settle back into the church - not easy I know from personal experience, but the Lord has you in his will x
Thanks for that Ruth. And may God bless you and your family in the move you are making.
I rememver realizing that my daughter had really matured in her walk with God when she chose a church at college not for what it would do for her, but simply where she felt God leading, feeling that at this point in life, she could go where she could be try to be a blessing, instead of looking for one. In an "all about me" culture, I think many miss an opportunity to be a real blessing somewhere because we're focused on having our own needs met, or even thinking that our children have to have certain needs met ... and we're usually thinking in terms of programs and charismatic leaders, not in terms of what our character might be needing, which often has nothing to do with programs or charisma. So, the Lord bless your family as you return to your former church. I'm sure as you continue to humble yourselves, He will not only use you, but you in turn will find "iron sharpening iron" there as God uses this body to make you more like Him.
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