Saturday, February 12, 2022

Dry Season




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Dry seasons are very hard....in fact, dry seasons are....just....well... dry. Dry is defined as: not yielding what is expected or desired; lacking. Telling isn't it?

Have you ever been in the "in-between"? You're not sure where you are and you have no idea where you're going. Life doesn't look like you thought it would look, the future looks "fuzzy". You know WHAT you want to do and you know what you want to do IS good, but the foresight of your desires are fuzzy and vague....because....well...... it's not YOUR plan.

I was following a truck the other day and it was going soooo sloooow. I had definitely given myself enough time to get where I was going but I did not plan to follow a truck. I could not see beyond that truck. For some reason I find that very confining and extremely frustrating. When that truck finally turned I was grateful...no I wasn't.....I shouted, "FINALLY!!" 😡 And at the same time that trucked turned right, it allowed another truck to turn in front of me. If I hadn't figured it out before then I certainly did after....my patience was being tested..... as was my memory verse for this year.


"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is NOBLE, whatever is RIGHT, whatever is PURE, whatever is LOVELY, whatever is ADMIRABLE—if anything is EXCELLENT or PRAISEWORTHY—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
Philippians 4:8‭-‬9



I failed miserably....sigh....and God's peace was definitely not upon me.

I was however, reminded that my walk with the Lord is just like following that truck. I couldn't see past that truck and I can't see past where I am right here, right now, either.

But the beauty among the ashes? An amazing reminder that God wastes absolutely nothing. Not even a frustrating drive.

So what am I to do in this "dry season"?

When I first began walking with Jesus he said I was to deny myself, pick up my cross and follow him. His Word also tells me that he has a plan for me and that I am to lay down my life for him just like he did for me. Now here's the kicker, ALL while living in this world.

Don't get confused about

Psalm 37:4

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."

My first "obligation" is to delight in the Lord....everyday, every minute of everyday....can you begin to see how delighting continually in the Lord actually turns your thoughts from self? He begins to show me that HE is ALL I need. When I see it, feel it, truly experience it...HE becomes the desire of my heart!! That's the desired result..... difficult....

There is such beauty and peace when striving ceases. No, it's not easy and, no, I don't have it all figured out. Sometimes I know the answer but putting it into practice evades me.

What about Psalm 5:3?

"In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly."

Am I expecting God to answer my requests exactly as I laid them out or does he use my requests to show me Himself in a way I've never seen Him before?

Retirement doesn't look like I envisioned.....why? Why what I thought, were great desires to serve God's kingdom, seems to have fallen on deaf ears...... I do not know. Those deaf ears do not, I repeat do NOT belong to Jesus!! He hears my every petition, he sees every tear. I think they are the ears of my desire to lay out my own plan.

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand."
Proverbs 19:21

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." 
Romans 8:28

"The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations." Psalm 33:11

"Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established."
Proverbs 16:3


Instead of a dry season I'm beginning to see I'm actually in a learning season.

•Is God calling me to be still and KNOW that He IS God!
•Is He calling me to sit at his feet and saturate myself with his presence?
•Does he want me to know the freshness and energy of Him above everything else?       Above my wants and desires?
•Is this THE time in my life that there is nothing to hinder my drawing near to Him?

Romans 12:2 says be transformed by the renewing of your mind...transformation is defined as a thorough or dramatic change.....ouch!

I'm definitely beginning to begin to understand....I'm not there yet ...I've resolved to surrender my will ....I'm still kicking and screaming a bit....but there is also a peace there as well.

God, I don't know what you are doing but your word says that I am to humble myself before you and in due time you will lift me up. Until then I am to cast my anxieties on you and you will care for me. I'm going to hold fast to that promise.

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