Trust Only

January 2, 2006

Holy cow. It’s been over two weeks since my last post. I think that’s about 59 years in blogging time. Or something. Whatever it is, it probably proves I am not worthy to call myself a blogger.

In any case, I can assure you I haven’t been twiddling my thumbs. My time has been dominated by two main things—having family in town for Christmas and figuring out our budget for 2006. Having the family over was more fun…even though our time together generally resembles a week-long counseling session. We don’t go out and do fun things, we don’t have any money to spend, we’re all in ministry in one way or another and we talk about “issues” so much we could make a ladybug believe she’s got inner child stuff in need of extended therapy. In short, we’re weird. But it’s great. You’d be amazed at how much gets worked out in a week’s time around here.

And then there’s the budget of course. We’re trying something new this year—a modified version of the envelope system. Not sure if it’ll work but it’s worth a shot. Somehow I’m believing it’ll make us a whole lot richer by this time next year. So I’m delusional.

I came across a brilliant quote yesterday. My mom gave me a devotional for Christmas called A Gentle Spirit: Devotional Selections for Today’s Christian Woman. The first entry was written by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman. She talks about how our life’s journey is made up of hills and valleys—that both are needed. She writes:

If life were all one dead level, the dull sameness would oppress us; we want the hills and the valleys. The hills collect the rain for a hundred fruitful valleys. Ah, so it is with us! It is the hill difficulty that drives us to the throne of grace and brings down the shower of blessing; the hills, the bleak hills of life that we wonder at and perhaps grumble at, bring down the showers.

And then my favorite part…

We cannot tell what loss and sorrow and trial are doing. Trust only.

That is DEEP. We may not be able to tell what loss, sorrow and trial are doing but if we love God, we can be certain of one thing: Something good will come of it somewhere along the road (Romans 8:28). God’s amazing with stuff like that. Trust only.

Category: Life

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2 Responses to “Trust Only”

  1. Maiju
    January 3rd, 2006 @ 6:35 pm

    That’s something I’ve always tried to remember. Life as a child of God is so much. What would it be without the foundation we have. That tought just expresses it so well.

    Blessed year 2006 for your family. Lord will provide for you!

  2. crickl's nest
    January 5th, 2006 @ 12:06 am

    Hi Amy! I found you doing the search ‘pastor’s wife’. I’m married to my pastor too and I loved your posts so far. I’ve only read the first page…..love your honesty and candor! I also found this page doing that search: http://www.futurelead.org/nav.cfm?cat=21&subcat=118 The first few paragraphs hooked me in to read the rest…it’s good, practical stuff.

    My blog is not specifically about being a pastor’s wife, but it creeps in there a lot. =)

    I’ll be coming back!
    Christie

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