Courage in Uncertain Territory

Hey friends. I hate to say it, but we have been very very awfully busy—that four letter word I despise. It’s antithetical to my soul to be so busy, but in the midst of it is the great goodness of God, and we are having a good time with it.

Words are precious to me and writing and reading have been the most missed treasures in this era of busy, but I know how seasons go. Things will change. I am not discouraged. In the meantime, I’m pressing syllables into leaves of notebooks and remembering what I wrote at the beginning of this summer, when the edge of the unknown looked like a cliff. Now I can see it is a steep climb closer to His presence—partly because when I am weak, He is strong.

I wrote a piece for The Cultivating Project that I haven’t shared here yet, but I re-read it this morning and realized I needed my own words back in my head for this season. I hope you’ll read it here and catch up on some of what’s been keeping us so busy, if you don’t already know.

May your summer be blessed, even if it’s not what you thought.

Faith is believing that God is able, but courage requires me to act on the part that is uncertain—the untried and untested idea. God has to do everything in me, and I have to do everything in Him. Whether I am capable or not is not the question to ask. 

But I do ask. I do wonder if I can do this thing, or if maybe God’s intention is to completely break me through this scenario. I am sometimes ungenerous in my assessment of Him.

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Tresta

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