It's been a while, I know, but the way life has been going here in my family blogging has not been on the top of my priority list. I've given it thought quite a few times but haven't had the umption or drive to write about all of it. These are the thoughts that are at the forefront of my mind:
We feel uprooted, winded, and just plain and simple...in a rut.
We feel displaced, unnerved, and unsettled.
And all of this just when we thought we were feeling rooted and refreshed and starting a new beginning set in a place of safety and freedom and opportunity.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
And that is how it's going.
I know most of you are in the dark about what exactly I'm talking about... and some things need to be left unsaid at this point...because it's not the details that matter. What matters is how we're responding to the "movement"... if that's what it is. The shaking and the uneven ground under our feet...or so it seems. That reminds me of a scripture I highlighted in my Bible not too long ago. It's describing the voice of the Lord. It says,
"The voice of the Lord shakes the desert." Psalm 29:8
Not only does the Lord's voice come in gentle whispers, but it's profound and evident. Read the rest of Psalm 29...there's more to His Almighty voice.
In the physical sense here in California the shaking and movement of the earth's floor is normal and expected, just like tornadoes are expected in the midwest, like Kansas. So it's a little ironic geographically where we are experiencing the same in the emotional, mental and spiritual. But God has a sense of humor at times too, wouldn't you agree? And often times, I suppose as Christians being transformed, we ought to expect this "shaking"... as normal...shouldn't we?
Not sure where I'm going with this; however, I am sure of one thing: God is not through with us yet, nor has He left us or forsaken us. He's shakin' something out of us in order for His purpose to be accomplished...ouch, it hurts, but it's a Romans 8:28 kind of purposeful thing...ya know?
Thoughtfully with My Kup...
Cindy
