Resting in Him

"Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him." Psalm 37:7

Once again the Lord spoke to my heart through the act of my sweet baby girl. I was rocking her to sleep the other night and she is getting so long and heavy it's more of a challenge to get her in the right position. Not so much that she's uncomfortable but to get myself comfortable (so she's not breaking my arm :) ). Anyway, the Lord's still small voice said...."this is how I want you to be." Lily was COMPLETELY resting in my arms. She wasn't fretting or trying to lift herself so she wouldn't be as heavy or being fearful that I would drop her....she was simply RESTING. And for some reason I got the picture of how a person kind of holds themselves up when they are sitting on someone's lap (trying not to be such a heavy burden :) ) and that is me with the Lord. He wants me to trust fully and completely in Him and not try to do things my own way (trying to "help" Him out). He is very much able to handle things in my life on His own. From much experience when I try to insert my good reasoning and ideas into the equation it turns out....bad. If you ask me if I trust the Lord my answer would be "yes, of course" but through His words the other night He made it very clear to me that I am not fully trusting and resting in Him. This has been a theme lately with me. I'm studying the book of John right now and we just completed the 15 chapter. WOW! What a chapter! We are to be continually abiding in the true vine (Jesus) and not acting independant from Him. But in studying about vines and vineyards I discovered that oftentimes vines will grow and will put out sucker roots on the ground and begin to gain nutrients "for themselves" rather than getting their nutrients from the vine. The result: bad fruit, drying up, wilting, dying. Oh Lord, help me to stay connected to you and not put out sucker roots to do things my own way and be independant from You.

As many of you know our family is walking through a tough time....just not knowing what the Lord has in store for us in the area of jobs. However, God has been so faithful!! Just recently He provided a temporary job for Joe at the local airport and that has been a blessing. (even though it's REALLY hard work and he comes home completely exhausted) So, every step of the way the Lord is providing. And through it all He is speaking to us and teaching us more and more about resting and trusting in Him alone.

I just wanted to share how the Lord is blessing us and using Lily to speak to us about MANY things. And you know I have to add some photos.....here are a few of Lily "resting"