Dear Ones,

Hope you have a wonderful day! We enjoyed dinner with friends yesterday and our grandson stopped by afterwards. Today I plan to shop and cook a new dish and later have Women’s Bible Study.

Devotions rom Judy’s heart

Haven’t we all felt times when it seems like nothing much seems to be happening and life is ho hum? It could be that we are in a time of dormancy much like the trees go through, and there is purpose in it. Trees have a season of rest or dormancy when they seem to be inactive just before they are going to quickly grow. It looks like nothing is happening, but I read how it is a time the cells and tissues within the tree are being repaired and built up. They may be preparing for spring and later demands of rapid growth and bearing fruit.

Perhaps it is like us as well, for we have seasons in our lives when we are not as active and seemingly not as productive. But maybe we are being prepared for what God has for us next. It is a time to be patient and put deep trust in the Lord because He is at work, even though we are not sure what He is up to. We might call it our preparation time and we must humbly wait on the Lord, trust His timing and know He has purpose.

God knows what we need in the future and will put us in places and situations to prepare us. In Al’s pastoral ministry, we went from having large churches to smaller ones to get us prepared for the retreat ministry for pastors at Canaan’s Rest. Al had to give up the big deal, and we learned the problems that pastors were having in not only the big churches but the smaller country churches. Although we didn’t know at the time, as we look back we see how God was intentionally getting us ready for pastors and wives who came from all kinds of church situations.

Maybe right now you feel like work is rather frustrating, but God is teaching you to handle big and little problems as He is going to put you in a position of more authority. Ecclesiastes 3 says there is a season for everything and a time for every matter under heaven… a time to plant and a time to pick up what is planted… a time to break down, and a time to build up, etc. Even if right now life seems rather mundane, know that your Father knows best what season you are to be in and wait for what comes next.

Challenge for today: Trust the Lord for where He has you right now and patiently wait for the next season He has for you.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy