Covenant With God
I have a 15 year history with God of responding to what I perceive to be invitations to move further and further out on the margins. What has come with it is decreasing income and assets. This has proven to be a real struggle for both my wife and me.
After a lot of wrestling with this in prayer, God and I seem to have reached a new covenant that I am now living into - to discern whether this is “of God.”
- God, you’ve caught me in your net of working with the poor.
- This path has and will have great meaning and purpose for me.
- But, what comes with the path is a struggle with resources.
- You have assured me that we will have food, clothing, and shelter for the next 24 hours for the rest of our lives.
- You have assured me you will help me to adapt to the struggle with joy and serenity.
- You have assured me that you will always provide me with meaningful work as an expression of this path.
I feel a sense of peace about this. In it, God has spoken to me about some of my deepest fears. I am grateful. I could use your ongoing prayers about this. Thank you.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:05 am
God is Good All the Time and in His Own Ways. I could sense a strong peacefulness in this new covenant you are allowing yourself to embrass day by day with God.
I have had a strong sense of surrender when I have had to let go of things that had a crip on me and my well being, mainly really dysfunctional family members. This surrender brought a wonderful sense of the love of God for me and that family member.
Letting Go and Trusting are really valuable to me in this life in the here and now. The pain and suffering I had to go through to get to this realization were well worth the gift of deep trust.
So bring it on God for I know I have a lot more to learn and embrace.
December 5th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Thanks for you thoughtful and spirit filled reply Tamie. It is helpful to hear encouragement from others and to be inspired by their stories.