God Moving

Kim and Jasmine

My older three daughters went to Youth Convention last weekend.  It was one of those weekends that I prayed for God to move in my daughters' lives, and then had to wait and see if He would.

Well, all of the girls had a good time.  One of my daughters was touched deeply.  After drifting for awhile, she seems to have found her focus once again.  She, once again, has found some of her fire for the Lord.

It's so easy to get disillusioned and hurt.  It's hard for me, an adult, to guard my heart as the Bible says.  For a teenager, the challenge is greater.  We get let down and hurt, our pride gets in the way.  We get angry at others or at life.  But in the end, those things only hurt us and put a wall in between us and our Savior.

I was reading our Bible study the other day to my oldest two girls.  We are learning about Paul.  We were learning about how, after Saul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul left for Arabia  for a time.  We talked about how we all need to get away and have extended time with Jesus.  After all, if we spend no time with someone, how then can we have a relationship with them?  I think we all felt like our personal devotion time has not been what it should be.  Wanting to be close to the Lord,  I know that time with Him is of the utmost importance.  Yet, when we are hurt or angry, reaching out to Jesus isn't easy.  It is much easier to stew in our hurt and anger and frustration than to turn to our King and let Him have His way in His timing.

God is working in our lives.  It isn't always how we imagine or expect, but He is working.  I see it in my daughter.  I see it in the reassurance I feel from Him when I take the time to be with Him in prayer and in His Word.  I don't always understand why certain things have happened or don't change, but I am learning that some answers are not for me to know at this time.  God has his plan and reasons.