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Nov 2, 2021Liked by Jami Nato

I am right there in the resistance stage - it's not a fun place to be. I love your transparency. <3 Thank you

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Right before my husband and I got married he was offered a position at a church. We were poor college students, him about to graduate and me still in the middle of school, and this part time gig offered security. Great! He’ll work at this church part time and teach full time and we’ll be rich (lol). Meanwhile, we both had a nagging feeling in our gut we ignored. It didn’t feel right, I felt a nudge to walk away and not accept the position. But God this would really work out so nicely for us! We’d be financially secure and our parents would approve and it’d be great. We both ignored that nudge from Holy Spirit and accepted the position. 3 weeks later due to unhealthy circumstances and a toxic environment we finally realized what the Lord had been protecting us from and had to resigned. It was humiliating. With no other job in sight, God made a way and a position opened up at a local church. It paid less half of what he would have made in the other scenario and was full time, but man, did our spirits feel so much peace about it. Flash forward and God has used that experience to constantly remind me to trust him and his provision. It has made me quick to obey His voice and to trust Him. The job my husband ended up taking at the local church has been really challenging at times for our whole family, but we have continually had a peace that we are where the Lord has us in this season and He has cared and provided for us in ways we never could have imagined through it.

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My husband and I moved across the country at the end of May. Since the move, my husband has started residency and we had our first baby. When we moved, we joined a small group of house churches which meets in a low-socioeconomic neighborhood. Years prior, residents moved into the neighborhood to do life with those people. Two weeks ago the original house a member of the church purchased went up for sale. After so much prayer and discussion our small family will be moving, again, to be boots on the ground in the community our church is seeking to serve. It feels exciting to see what God has been stirring up. It feels scary with so many details that need to be worked out. It also feels sad to leave the house we brought our sweet boy home to his three months ago but I’m reminding myself of James 4:14. Life is a vapor. Our current house and neighborhood is a vapor. And our God’s faithfulness is eternal. Thanks be to God.

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this is BEAUTIFUL! 😍❤️

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Thank you for sharing your middle. So often we share testimonies after God has shown us the way or after things have resolved, but there is so much beauty and encouragement in the telling of His faithfulness in the middle of the mess

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My husband suffers from daily migraines. They are debilitating. Most days he's unable to go to work. We've begged and pleaded with God to heal him. We've tried conventional medicine 💊, holistic methods, laying on of hands ✋, etc. And he continues to have them. It makes no sense to me. I reason with God, "Couldn't he be more of a witness for Christ if he felt good and was able to get out of the house?" But so far, God hasn't answered. So today, I will choose to trust in the Lord with ALL my heart, and lean not on my own understanding.

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We are in the middle! We are moving our family to serve the French people, and boy oh boy, has it had its oppositions! God is refining us, removing religious mindsets, habits… pruning all that is dead. He is faithful, it feels painful. We know the other side will be a blessing, and we will recount all of his gracious ways. But right now, it’s messy.

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Our home is in Christ. This is a much needed reminder. I love your lake house! Praying for wisdom as you move forward!

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I am an artist. Four years ago, in April, God asked me to leave a steady paying job as an art teacher, to open a business He had put in my heart many years before; to open an art gallery/shop. He lead me to the teaching job, two years earlier and I just knew I would “retire” from my career doing that because I loved what I was doing AND my bosses, colleagues, parents & students loved me back. But nope, a year and a half in He started preparing me to leave. Despite not understanding how I would pay bills, or my desire to stay, from years of history with Him, I knew I had to be obedient. It has been a challenge at times, I work a lot more doing “not painting” stuff but I am doing what I know I’m supposed to be doing and I do get to paint. I also get to be apart of an amazing creative community. Still not making as much money as I was with my previous job, on the regular, but He has been faithful and I can’t believe I get to encourage, support and know so many in the Arts community! Thank you for the work you do Jami! The humor, the throat punches of truth, all of it!

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