At the age of 26, I’m finally realizing that keeping the faith and trusting in God’s timing will be a part of my life for years to come. Faith is my strongest spiritual gift, but patience in God’s timing usually isn’t.
I grew up in a Christian home and attended a small church. It almost felt like trusting in the Lord was supposed to be easy. We didn’t talk about what trusting in the Lord was supposed to look like during trials and suffering. It was always broadened into, “Trust in the Lord always.” As you can imagine, when I started dealing with different struggles as a young adult, I didn’t understand why those things were so hard for me to deal with. That there had to be faith in action to believe that in all things the Lord is my strong fortress.
I want to share with you an experience where the Lord gently reminded me He alone has my every day planned. I am a momma to a sweet, sassy, nearly three-year-old girl. She made me a momma in October of 2015, a time when I didn’t think I was ready to be a mother. My husband and I had already made plans to further our education, but when we found out we were expecting a baby, all our plans changed. The Lord grew me in ways through that season (and still is) that I didn’t know were necessary. But He knew. And I had to surrender control.
Fast forward to the fall of 2017. I felt baby fever coming on and wanted to start trying for another baby. Once my husband was in agreement, I took control. My trust was no longer in the Lord, but in our ability to conceive. “Well, we need to get pregnant by this month because I want Raelyn to be this old when we have the baby. I want to announce it to our families here,” blah blah blah. I think God chuckled, like I often imagine Him doing when I start thinking I am in control of it all. In March of 2018 I bought a tiny onesie. I prayed, telling the Lord the desire of my heart and again, surrendering control.
Four days before Easter, we found out we were expecting. Come to find out, we are pregnant with TWINS, a double portion! Only when we fully surrender our plans, our faith, and our trust in God, can he begin to give us what HE desires for us. God reminds me that His timing is perfect, and that the plans He has for me are much better than the ones I could have for myself. And sometimes, His plans turn out later and much differently than we could have ever expected.
Are you waiting on God for the desires of your heart? Here are ways that I keep my faith at all times:
- Pray and listen to God (even if it’s just for a couple minutes).
- Study the word of God.
- Surround myself with others who speak life into me.
- Remember that God is always faithful.
We would like to thank Paige Keller for writing this post!
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Thanks so much for there reassurance! I often have my days that I’m impatient on God to answer my prayers but I continue to persevere bc he is a good God. It’s all in HIS timing. 😊
This was so touching. Hit me I had struggled with leaving it in God’s hands and that’s it’s all in his timing. My grandson Kylan is a special needs child. He lost oxygen for 30 minutes after a seizure. He has brain damage we were told he would be a vegetable. But my God plans are different. This happened when he was 6 weeks he is now 2. And is doing great things with therapy. It brought us closer to God I have so much faith . God is healing him. And we must be patient and wait. I’m proud to say I am the Christian I am today because of my Kylan. My superhero 💙