When The Winds Blow

Can you believe that we are almost done with the first month of the new year? I was sorting through my mounds of pictures yesterday, that needed to be sorted and put into albums etc. (from 2010!-and if you know me at all this is highly unusual that I would be so far behind with my pictures) and I realized how fast time has gone by-I mean looking through those images it seemed just like yesterday, but instead it was almost 3 years ago! I don't know, these past few years seem like a major blur. Several things have been a factor like the birth of Thaddaeus, Spud's crazy work schedule...life in general. I know that this year is going to be no exception, and maybe even more crazy. We have many things up in the air right now and we are really unsure of how everything is going to turn out. Quite honestly I hate being in this state-of the unknown. However God always has His ways of speaking to me-and revealing Himself.
At the start of the new year I started reading a One Year Bible for my daily devotions. In years past I did your typical daily devotional books...which are nice but I wanted something more-I wanted to be reading more of the Bible. So I happened upon this One Year Bible that belonged to my husband's Grandfather. In it I found a bookmark with two red Cardinals on it (you can search my past posts to see why this is significant) I knew that this was the route to go this year. While reading a passage from Matthew 14:4 (when Jesus walks on water) a story I have read many times, something stood out to me.


Matthew: 29 “Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

We have had to make decisions this past year, and I know in this year to come based of faith. I correlated it with Peter taking that first step out onto the water...it took faith for him to make that initial step. It was what came next that stood out-"But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Sometimes in life after I take a step of faith I think that everything should be revealed to me-that everything will just fall into place. And sometimes it does. But sometimes the wind picks up, the storms blow and I begin to doubt. Sometimes I mistake the winds as a sign that I made a wrong decision, or chose the wrong path. But in reality when I or anyone takes a step in the direction that God wants us to go, we should expect the winds to blow. Faith is not easy. Sometimes things don't go the way we want-or think that they should go and you feel like you are sinking. But I can rest in the fact that Jesus is going to reach out his hand, for "God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

I don't know what this year holds for my family-but I can rest in His faithfulness.






2010 doesn't seem that long ago...