Trail Post #1
When I was young I longed to do big important things for God.
I wasn’t sure how or what.
I kept showing up to do puppet shows, teaching the kids that rode on the bus to church and writing in my journal.
When I was in college, I longed to do big, important things for God.
I still wasn’t’ sure how or what.
I kept going to classes, doing my best on the job and writing Bible lessons for the kids I taught at church.
When I graduated, but before I got married, I longed to do big important things for God.
I still couldn’t figure out what that might be.
I kept attending church faithfully, encouraging my brothers and sisters in Christ, and making new friends.
When I got married, I longed to do big important things for God.
No idea how to accomplish that.
I cooked my husband meals, worked to help pay the bills and started writing children’s stories.
When I had kids, I longed to do big important things for God.
I was too tired to try and figure it out.
I kept feeding each of my babies in the middle of the night, changing diapers and loving my husband.
When the kids started school, I longed to do big important things for God.
I was beginning to think I never would.
I kept homeschooling, cooking the meals and cleaning the house.
Over the years, I often struggled with feeling guilty for not doing more or bigger things. I was giving what I had, crying out for more to give, because I felt like I wasn’t doing enough.
Looking back, though, I realize that during each of these seasons of life, when I gave what I had, He made it enough. It was big and important to Him.
I was living in my sweet spot for each season. It wasn’t perfect. I struggled with it. But God saw my heart and accepted the gift.
I was living in my sweet spot for each season. It wasn’t perfect. I struggled with it. But God saw my heart and accepted the gift.
He knows each of your seasons, He sees your heart, and knows when you are giving what you have to give. And He makes its enough.
