I knew it didn't make sense
I've been kind of fighting a little personal battle over a dream I had a month ago. Listen, sometimes dreams mean things. Sometimes they come to pass. It's happened to me and I'd be willing to bet you have too. It's just part of the world we're not meant to understand. Sometimes nightmares seem so real. Sometimes we have those feelings we can't explain and they may or may not come to pass. And sometimes what seems so real isn't.
This one was a doozie, though, because from the outset it didn't make sense. But every time I turned to something in Scripture, it seemed like "maybe". But there was something I just couldn't put my finger on about it that didn't seem right. Part of it got cleared up for me at church and I wrote about that the other day. I came to the conclusion that if the thing were from God it would come to pass.
It didn't and it won't.
God still answers prayers and it seemed that no matter what I couldn't shake it. And then, God decided that some clarity was called for and in His Providence he shared that with me. Things are as they should be and I'm glad I had the good sense to not go off running down another rabbit hole. Bad as it was, it could have been so much loose had I gone off willy-nilly instead of praying and being patient.
By the way, I don't like being patient and would have loved to have that prayer answered immediately instead of waiting for about a month to see what I would do. Oh, my mind wandered and I was tempted to butt in on many different occasions but there was always knowing Scripture and not willing to be wrong because the consequences would have been so much worse. I'm sad and sorry that it was not real, but then again, I ought to be used to it by now.
Hey, nobody ever said this being a Christian thing was going to be easy.
Just worth it.
God answered a prayer. Not the way I wanted but an answer is a blessing and when God acts I'm going to give Him praise! He still is and today's another day that I'm glad I'm not.
This one was a doozie, though, because from the outset it didn't make sense. But every time I turned to something in Scripture, it seemed like "maybe". But there was something I just couldn't put my finger on about it that didn't seem right. Part of it got cleared up for me at church and I wrote about that the other day. I came to the conclusion that if the thing were from God it would come to pass.
It didn't and it won't.
God still answers prayers and it seemed that no matter what I couldn't shake it. And then, God decided that some clarity was called for and in His Providence he shared that with me. Things are as they should be and I'm glad I had the good sense to not go off running down another rabbit hole. Bad as it was, it could have been so much loose had I gone off willy-nilly instead of praying and being patient.
By the way, I don't like being patient and would have loved to have that prayer answered immediately instead of waiting for about a month to see what I would do. Oh, my mind wandered and I was tempted to butt in on many different occasions but there was always knowing Scripture and not willing to be wrong because the consequences would have been so much worse. I'm sad and sorry that it was not real, but then again, I ought to be used to it by now.
Hey, nobody ever said this being a Christian thing was going to be easy.
Just worth it.
God answered a prayer. Not the way I wanted but an answer is a blessing and when God acts I'm going to give Him praise! He still is and today's another day that I'm glad I'm not.
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