Good morning! Today is a special day, because I have asked three of my closest friends to share what God has been doing in their lives! This week, my friend Kirby is sharing with y'all. Kirby is an art student at UGA, which I think is so cool and her hard work always amazes me. She lovesss getting up early for a morning run or walk. I met her at the beginning of last semester, and she has been there for me through a really hard time of my life and I am so thankful for her, so I can't wait for y'all to read what she has to share! This is Kirby's response to what God has been doing in her life:
I stared at this question for a really long time. The only thing I could think of was, not answering my prayer. That obviously wasn’t going to give me a lot of substance to work with, but I realized that’s really the situation I’m in--a season of silence. I’ve been praying about something since October, like on my knees, begging, praying, and pleading with the Lord. Despite however many months of that, the situation itself has not gotten any better, but wow has my heart changed (and hurt). God is answering my prayer, just not necessarily how I wanted in the time I wanted. His silence has been an answer. It’s protecting me, helping me, and growing me. His silence has given me time to work on myself and to prepare me for the day that He may answer this prayer, or for something else that I have no idea is even going to happen. His silence is not wasted. This hurt is not wasted. And even in His silence with this prayer request, He is not silent everywhere else. He is still showing up in other parts of my life. The Bible talks about praying without ceasing and that’s something I am doing but I see that the Lord is working on me through this to adjust the posture of my heart as I approach prayer.
I know He hears me, and He hears you too. I know He is working in this silence and He is working in any silence or dryness you may be feeling as well. Something my grandmother told me recently with tears in her eyes was “Kirby, we can beg, and we can pray but sometimes it’s just not the Lord’s will” And it hurts but she’s right. She is also 60 years older than me, but even in my 19 years of life I’ve never seen in my life or anyone else’s life where the Lord’s will wasn’t best. God can’t be good and bad; He is only good and that will not change.
So today I want to remind you that in the silence or dryness of whatever it is you may be experiencing, He is still everything that He is at the peak of your faith. Still a faithful, good, redeeming, healing, kind, big, almighty, miracle working God.
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