text: You Call Me Out Upon the Waters - 101 Mom
  Is this what it feels like to trust… overwhelming and a little… no, a lot like you're drowning?
  I can relate to Peter, when Jesus was walk­ing on the water and Peter jumped out of the boat to meet Him. Peter was so zeal­ous and eager to fol­low Jesus but along the way he would quick­ly lose faith.
  I feel like that, I jump in with­out always think­ing it through real­is­ti­cal­ly and when the waves come crash­ing and the water begins to swal­low me up I fal­ter.
  Going into this we were so naive, it looked easy, an inex­pen­sive and attain­able goal. We had it all worked out and then thing after thing that we did not expect came up. Expens­es went far over bud­get, time ran out.
  God has stretched us far past what I thought was pos­si­ble.
  The begin­ning of this year peo­ple were talk­ing about their word for the year. I've nev­er had a word for my year so I asked God to give me one. "Trust" instant­ly popped into my head but I pushed it away think­ing it must have been my own thoughts, "Father silence my heart so that I can actu­al­ly hear your Spir­it speak to me!" I begged. "Anna, trust!" There was that word again. And the real­iza­tion dawned on me, that was my word for the year!
  So through everything that has gone wrong, and everything that tests and stretches my faith, my soul is gently reminded, trust!
  In our cul­ture we talk about hav­ing finances as being respon­si­ble, we don't do big things unless we have the means to, but some­times, God asks us to step out in faith. To blind­ly step out of our com­fort zone and into His will. Some­times God asks us to blind­ly step out of our com­fort zone and into His will. Click To Tweet
  He didn't promise us com­fort­able, hap­py lives or big bud­gets for fol­low­ing Him. He did promise us adver­si­ty in this life and trou­ble, but He also holds out reward for liv­ing in obe­di­ence to His will. And whether that reward comes to us here on earth or in our eter­nal life in heav­en, there will be a reward for our obe­di­ence. If noth­ing more than eter­nal life with Jesus in a per­fect world where our hap­pi­ness is promised.
  I used to obsess over our bud­get, I still do at times, but I hear Him whis­per­ing to my heart "trust" and it always works out.
  I'd love to have a com­fort­able and secure bud­get, to have our dream house fin­ished, a sec­ond reli­able vehi­cle and so many oth­er things but He pro­vides! It may not be how I want or expect or dreamed of, it may not be in my idea of a time­ly fash­ion but He comes through every time.
  So what are you wait­ing for? Don't wait until you have what you need to obey, He will pro­vide when the time is right! Take that risk and step into His will!
  Thanks so much for these words of encour­age­ment and wis­dom. I am real­ly glad I found your blog. Being a mom and wife can real­ly drain us phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly at times, but I am hap­py that we have God to lean on. Once we trust in Him, he will grant us the desires of our hearts. (if it aligns with HIS plans)
  Thanks for com­ment­ing! It real­ly can be a drain. I too am thank­ful, that on the days when it feels too hard, I have Jesus and heav­en to look for­ward to. I'm glad that you like the blog and that this post blessed you. My blog is in the mid­dle of a big face lift and I'm still work­ing out the kinks, so please bear with me, it will be more user friend­ly soon. 🙂 Hope to "see" you around more!
  An out­stand­ing share! I've just for­ward­ed this onto a cowork­er who
  has been con­duct­ing a lit­tle research on this. And he in fact ordered me lunch due
  to the fact that I dis­cov­ered it for him… lol. So allow me to reword this.…
  Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spend­ing
  some time to dis­cuss this mat­ter here on your web page.
  Hey thanks for stop­ping by and for pass­ing on this post. I had to go check out your blog and I love what you're doing over there. I real­ly enjoyed the posts I had time to read. 🙂