This was SO good and just what I needed. Thank you for sharing. It’s so true that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope. It just hurts getting to hope and we have to constantly remind ourselves that God is truly with us for it ALL.
Cringing at myself for commenting— but this message is entirely what I’m walking through that it felt wild. The other day my 2yr old lost this Lego Piglet in our postage stamp of a backyard. I can’t describe my unreasonable frustration that I couldn’t find Piglet. I said to God, “I realize this is incredibly ridiculous, and I don’t know if I’m just testing you here, but I really need to find Piglet. I need you to show me Piglet.” I’ve been asking a big prayer for a while now, and the same doubts you shared are playing mind games with me about God and prayer. The next morning I was sitting on the hammock, and my husband looked under me, under the fence, under my neighbor’s deck, and saw Piglet’s 1/2 inch feet sticking out. I needed Piglet to show me God hears me(does that sound blasphemous 🤔). Anyway, thanks for the reminder. These stories make me smile at God.
Jami 🥹 I needed to read this tonight. I’ve been praying a really big prayer for 13 years now with seemingly no answer. And I’m tired and weary and questioning…I’m sad and losing hope…I needed this reminder that He hears me. Thank you.
This was SO good and just what I needed. Thank you for sharing. It’s so true that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope. It just hurts getting to hope and we have to constantly remind ourselves that God is truly with us for it ALL.
It is sometimes painful. But I find that’s when I need God the most!
Cringing at myself for commenting— but this message is entirely what I’m walking through that it felt wild. The other day my 2yr old lost this Lego Piglet in our postage stamp of a backyard. I can’t describe my unreasonable frustration that I couldn’t find Piglet. I said to God, “I realize this is incredibly ridiculous, and I don’t know if I’m just testing you here, but I really need to find Piglet. I need you to show me Piglet.” I’ve been asking a big prayer for a while now, and the same doubts you shared are playing mind games with me about God and prayer. The next morning I was sitting on the hammock, and my husband looked under me, under the fence, under my neighbor’s deck, and saw Piglet’s 1/2 inch feet sticking out. I needed Piglet to show me God hears me(does that sound blasphemous 🤔). Anyway, thanks for the reminder. These stories make me smile at God.
Your Piglet matters 😭😭
Jami 🥹 I needed to read this tonight. I’ve been praying a really big prayer for 13 years now with seemingly no answer. And I’m tired and weary and questioning…I’m sad and losing hope…I needed this reminder that He hears me. Thank you.
Prayed that God would give you a tangible breadcrumb to keep going!
Jami- He did it. He answered a very specific prayer. He gave me not just a breadcrumb but a loaf. https://www.instagram.com/p/C8WwoEvOzlP/?igsh=MTN3aXV4d2FlMndm I posted about it. Let me know if that link doesn’t work!
Thank you so much 🙏🏼