{Hope}

This morning as I was about to start reading my word, I do as I normally do and pray. Asking God for wisdom and understanding while reading His word. He prompted on my heart to sing quietly to him:
And when my heart is overwhelmed, please lead me to the Rock, that is higher than I, that is higher than I.

Then He prompted me to share my heart of not liking Change. A change that is or maybe has been prayed for, while welcomed, is not in my nature to enjoy. I shared with Him how Drastic changes scare me....and then i said I was thankful for Your timing Lord and help me to rest in You.
I know nothing to the ordinary eye...except then when I dove into my word this morning everything that I shared with My Daddy was right there in front of me in His word. Things like Encouragement, I can't think of a word to sum up this...but when you know that He knows everything in your heart, when it was broken into a thousand pieces and then you realize you weren't alone in it, even though you already new it at the time, seeing it in His word was just a blessing....or when you just felt discouraged, or completely overwhelmed by a burden of the Lost and all you want to do is share the gospel with as many people as you can, and get a ginormous loan and adopt every child you possibly can....so that they will see Jesus and Love. ...That was my morning with Him this morning. Truly amazing.
In Lamentations 3
One thing that really ministered to me was in verse 19-20 when Jeremiah attempted to change His mood by remembering his past experiences but all it did was make him feel worse....Man has this been me many times...either the Enemy reminds you of what you use to be and are lacking now, or what you never have been....But then when I continued on I was so blessed to get to verse 21 where Jeremiah remembers the Lords goodness and faithfulness...And when we focus on our troubles the more convinced we will become of our isolation our hopelessness and our inability to extricate(def: to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty) ourselves from the present trouble. But when we focus on the Lord we are finally able to rise above, rather than suffer under our troubles....Man such a blessing to be reminded of this!

Then in verse 24 I hope in Him= I love this. Hope is not a wishful thought, but a confident expectation in the Lord. Hope is a waiting attitude. {did you see that! Confident expectation in the Lord and Waiting!!}

Then in Verse 25 Those who wait= Acceptance of God's will and His timing. {did you see that again!! His will and His Timing!!}

And lastly in verse 26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly. Now that we have the def of hope...it would read like this...
It is good that one should have a confident expectation in the Lord and wait quietly. {Man just where I'm at!! hope and quiet waiting.} Being quiet is usually my last action. I'm asking the Lord to help me in this.

So Here I sit and hope and wait quietly. His timing. Where He leads.

XOXO.
Gina {just a girl that is loving the book of Lamentations!}