Live God Adventures

I’m just thankful this morning.

Today, I went for a walk shortly after waking up. Normally, I am not feeling well enough to be out so quickly, but today is a good day (so far). (If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, I’ve been back in the states for 3 months for medical leave.) I was praying and thanking the Lord for all He is doing here in this place.

Do I have prayer requests? Yes.
Is everything the way I want it to be? Hah, no.
Are there many things I wish were different right now? Yes.

I’m currently walking out an unknown, not sure what will happen next, living in the loft of my parents’ house, two of my siblings in the rooms down the hall, and living out of a suitcase for 3 months. This is not ideal.

But He is here in the midst of it. He is faithful even here.

I was reading in Exodus this morning, specifically Exodus 25:22 where God is giving Moses the instructions for the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant. God tells Moses that He will speak to him from the mercy seat. As I read this, I reflected on my walk this morning, I talked with God the entire time, we walked and talked, we sat by the water and talked, I listened, and I didn’t have a big ark made of gold to carry around. I also didn’t have to go through a priest and worry about dying because I got too close to Him. Because of Jesus, I’m able to have this relationship with God, to know Him, to talk with Him. I am thankful.

Over and over again throughout these last 3 months, the Lord keeps bringing me to Matthew 6 and reminding me that just like He cares for the birds of the air and the wildflowers that grow, He also cares for me.

“Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of] his life? And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies and wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing], yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Therefore, do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also. “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
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Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭26‬-‭34‬ ‭AMP‬‬

He also cares for you this way, friend.

I think it is a beautiful thing when, in the midst of unknown, in the midst of change, we are able to sit back and say, “yes, there is a lot going on right now, but God. But God is for me, He has provided before, He will be faithful again.”

What are you facing today? Take some time, now or later, spend some time giving the Lord thanks for who He is here in this place, here in the unknown, here in the midst of whatever you’re going through.

Consider the wildflowers, they grow, they open and close, how much more will He take care of you?