i am humbled by God's love. today i have a renewed sense of closeness with Him. the hunger is a constant reminder of how much i need Him.
i find i am relishing more of life since starting this fast- living a bit more in the moment; noticing more. and very thankful for the group of women i'm doing this with.
in case i needed more evidence that this group fast is no accident, i opened up my daily devotional book this morning (hey, that's THREE times this week i've read it!) to find march 4th entitled "support system" and this verse from ecclesiastes 4:9-10..."two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. if one falls down her friend can help her up. but pity the woman who falls and has no one to help her up."
there's just something about knowing that others are going through this with me too. many times i tend to fall into a false perception of "no one knows what i'm going through. no one gets it. i'm alone in this." i don't think it's a coincidence that God placed me in community with these other women. He's been waiting for us to take our connection deeper; to connect below the surface where life really matters.
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Dear Karen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! I LOVE the connection with you all. Yet again, through this message, I am amazed & in awe of how God orchestrates things when He is up to something good! God is always giving us opportunities to engage Him and sometimes we take Him up on them, sometimes not. You stepped outside of your comfort zone and said, "yes!" How pleased He must be with you for fully engaging & asking Him for all that He has for you. I'm honored to be in this with you! Thank you for sharing this affirmation that we are right on track with what God is doing & is asking of us. Thank you for encouraging us!