Insights and Random Thoughts

It has been longer than I thought since my last post.  I have been on an emotional roller coaster over these past few months as I have adjusted to living in a parsonage without my husband.  He has had to remain at our home so as to continue farming.  This has caused me quite a bit of consternation and trepidation.

As I have become more comfortable with this new living arrangement, other issues have come to the fore.  Issues that I have had to deal with and am still dealing with.  But God never promised that life as a Christian would be free of problems and issues, he only promises to "walk with us through the valley of the shadow of death." (Paraphrase from Psalm 23) 

I have come to realize that every time I experience a season of upset, discomfort and introspection I am walking through the valley of the shadow of death.  Often when I look back I see that I have become a better person for all that I have been through.  That each time, I emerge from that valley a bit lighter and a better person because something that needed to die in me has done so.

It is not an easy process walking through the valley and sometimes I remain in the valley a long time.  But I always know that I have God right there with me, just a thought, just a prayer, just a call away.  He is there waiting for me to surrender my will to his so he can continue to help me become all that he has planned for me to be.

Blessings, Becky