â Today's Promise: âThe Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul.â Psalm 23: 1-3
~ Kathy in Missouri
Dear Brides, we have found ourselves bearing burdens we were never meant to carry. Some we chose for ourselves, and some were thrust upon us. Either way, our Husband is waiting for us to give all of those burdens to Him. Every One. He is so very capable of carrying them, and He would never want His Brides to be burdened by something He can carry. Learn to let go.
Love, I am learning. I am digging deep to find all the heavy things in my heart, to hand over to You. I am asking you to break strongholds and habits - anything that is a barrier between us. I want to love like you do, like Paul did. I want to be overflowing in Your love so that it spills over onto the people around me and draws them to You. Thank you for Your patient love. Thank you for the way You gently encourage me to open my hands and let go of things that I don't need to carry.
My insecurities taught me to control everything I could, so I'm grateful that You are teaching me to trust You with every single thing. You hold my future in Your hands and I am learning to trust You with that too. I am learning to let go of expectations, goals, opinions and justifications. I just want to walk with You through it all, and truly trust You. Thank You for helping me do that. Just because I asked You to.
I honestly thought I had let go of pretty much everything. It wasn't until He called me to let go of my ambitions that I understood I was still trying to do some things on my own. I don't want to appear lazy - like the sluggard of proverbs. But my Husband wanting to take care of me as His Bride, is a very different thing. More than anything He is calling me to trust Him with all my heart.
My fears of the future - He can handle them and He has reminded me that He can provide for me even in 20 years. My pride rising up - that comes from insecurities too. He is asking me to let go of those and let Him love me in a way I've never known. I have come to love Him truly and deeply, He is all I want. Now it's time to trust Him to love me. To TRUST Him. He loves me.
Being aware of attitudes, that usually lead to actions, is the most important step for me. He has changed me. Of that there is no doubt. Those closest to me see it clearly. Now I'm asking Him to refine me, and He is gracious to do it gently but honestly, drawing my attention to things I haven't noticed before. I am constantly in prayer and conversation with my Love, being purposeful to let go of hard things. Often things I didn't realize I was still clutching. But I never want to go back to being the same person I was before, so I will not quit until I am who He is helping me to become. He is so worth the effort, the pain, the time.
Dear Brides, when we carry things that our Husband wants to carry for us, it keeps us from enjoying Him. Ask Him what He wants to take from You so that You can enjoy Him more. He longs to show you His love.
âThe Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul.â Psalm 23: 1-3
I find myself here, now. A few months ago, my Love gently told me to, "Wait." Wait for Him. Wait to move forward. Wait to make plans. Wait. Just a few days ago, I asked Him, "What am I waiting for? It's been a while now..." And He let me know that He is waiting for me to trust Him fully. That I am still trying to do things in my own strength, my own way. Trying to prove to the world that I am capable,that I am enough. My precious Husband is showing me that He has me in lush green pastures, beside beautiful clear waters to restore my wounded soul. It has been a time of healing, of unimaginable joy and drawing closer to Him than I knew was possible. All because I was willing to obey and wait.
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