Tossed by the Waves?

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help,and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, with out a second thought. People who "worry thier prayer" are like wind-whipped waves. Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping your options open.

I could keep going, but I think that covers what God's been showing me for, well, months. He has been teaching me to be in the waves, but not tossed by the waves. I used to think it was just about faith, but I'm thinking now it also has to do with trust, about jumping into the waves and not panicing (inside joke, Kat). Going to a place where God's way is my only option...

When God is my only "hope", the only one who can "work things out" ...
I'm talking more about our future in regards to how the heck are we going to get to a point where we, as indidviduals and as a family, are using everything we have to bring people to God? I know all the "ways" we can and we are seeking to do those, but still sometimes I get impatient, want to change things. God is teaching me to wait and go at the same time... I don't know if any one will get this, but I thought I'd put it out there...