The author reflects on feeling uncertain about her direction in life. She turns to Yahweh for clarity and guidance. Through an impression of a bright but unclear futures, she is reminded to embrace the present tasks and challenges, as they are part of the journey- finding solace in taking hopeful steps forward amidst life’s uncertainties and responsibilities.
Author: JaimeHope
Journal 1/31/24
I want to sow a field of trust in God for what he is going to bring out of the ground. I want to take the seeds God is handing me and throw them into the ground without having to know what they are in advance. I want to be a woman who sows those seeds and knows with confidence that in the appointed time (Kairos) the harvest will come!
Journal
17 January 24 Father, I am restless. I sense more on my plate than I can get to, and I need your guidance to move through it. I read 1 … Continue reading Journal
Messy
I think God wants to enlarge our territory and calls us to expand into bigger spaces – not because we need to be important, or have influence, or matter more, but because He has limited children willing to say YES to his potentially messy plans, and it’s how he’s able to bless the world!
A fresh take on advent
Today, I considered a new layer of Advent! Not only celebrating preparing ourselves figuratively for the celebration of the birth of Christ, but a preparation and time of clearing out my own heart to offer a birth place for not only the savior who does live in us, but with him comes the dreams that God has in mind for me to give birth to.
Lost the plot?
** This post is the first I have read as an audio. In honor of my good friend and prayer partner who is struggling with some reading issues and headaches … Continue reading Lost the plot?
What we fear
Fear is everywhere, but those people I see living a passionate life and burning with the fire of the spirit of the son of the living God in their eyes- what they fear is not persecution, or being misunderstood, or not having basic needs met, or even death… they fear losing the connected presence of God in their lives and the intimacy they have said yes to.
Antimony, Sb51
O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. Isaiah 54:11 ESV Isaiah 54 has become at least … Continue reading Antimony, Sb51
Killing Hope
“You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” Psalm 139:5-6 ESV … Continue reading Killing Hope
Obedient or responsive?
I don’t just want to learn a job, I don’t just want to be obedient to what I know I’m supposed to do… I don’t want to stay a slave longer than I need to… Jesus desires friendship for us all, intimacy and deeper connection. I want to be a friend of God.