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Feather Like Faith to a Brick Wall Resolve

2/8/2019

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Feather Like Faith to a Brick Wall Resolve
​As I stood in the kitchen hovering over my Insta Pot, I had no idea what the next few minutes would hold. Much like a popular crime show, I have listed the events in chronological order to paint the scene. I have chosen to leave out names to protect the guilty. To help with the proper amount of drama, it would be helpful to imagine each event with that ominous and dark sound effect.

​5:07 – A call comes in from my husband saying the car won’t start.


5:09 – I am the recipient of an eye roll and huge sigh from a teen who doesn’t want to clean the living room.

​5:10 – Another teen, who is currently struggling in every class with the exception of weight training, insists there is nothing they could possibly study.

5:12 – A sound of wailing and gnashing of teeth is heard from a little one who is certain that the newly acquired scrape is signaling their demise.

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5:14 – Another teenager decides to unload the latest installment of “as the school year turns.” I offer up my best attempt at wisdom in my current frame of mind only to be met with, “Mom, you just don’t understand me!”

5:22 – I find myself sitting on the front porch in the freezing cold trying my best not to lose my mind or cause alarm to my neighbor who is out walking her dog.

  • You need to remain unmovable and still when faced with algebra grades and attitude.
  • You need to absorb the eye rolls and drama with a listening ear and quiet resolve.
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  • The ups and downs of motherhood will shake you to your core if you can’t learn to stand still, pray, listen, and then respond.​

​Sitting on my porch, my prayer rang out again as it has so many times.
"Lord, I was more like a feather than a wall in the last few minutes. I am crying out to you for forgiveness, help, and a new gaze. Please allow me, by Your grace, not to be moved."

How can the next time go the way my heart desires? ​

How can a feather-like faith be transformed into a brick wall of resolution and strength?

Psalm 16:8 states, “I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”

​The only way to be unmovable is to keep our eyes firmly fixed on the One who remains the same through it all. Then we must remind ourselves that we are not standing alone. God stands at our side with His arms bracing us against any circumstance.
Psalm 16:8
Come what may, God never changes His position or falters under the weight. We are not moved because He can’t be.

Well, as I gathered myself together to head back in the fray, I had the right gaze and the reminder of His arms holding me.

The next 30 minutes actually still resembled the previous set, but there was a difference. I wasn’t resting in my strength, determination, or wisdom. Now I was resting on the only One who can never be shaken.
Christine
Feather Like Faith to a Brick Wall Resolve requires us to set the Lord always before us and to rest in Him alone. What are you resting in today? Are you resting in your own strength, determination and wisdom? Or are you resting in the only One who can never be shaken. 
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9 Comments
Michele Morin link
2/8/2019 08:21:39 am

Oh, so vivid an image. Life does seem to land like bricks sometimes. This blow by blow description was probably good medicine for your soul as you laid it all out for God's eyes.

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Christine
2/8/2019 02:07:21 pm

God is so gracious to live in each moment with me. I am thankful that no minute escapes His eyes, and blow by blow was such a fitting phrase!!

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April link
2/8/2019 09:14:53 am

What great encouragement!! I will most likely remember this as there are many times I can relate to needing to take a pause. It is something I'm trying to improve in, instead of responding to quickly. I don't need to be a feather I need God's strength to make my responses settled in God's strength.

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Christine
2/8/2019 02:11:58 pm

So grateful this encouraged you. Pausing to take in a deep breath of my loving God is still where I struggle too. I think it will be a continuous journey this side of heaven. I am grateful for a new chance each day, and as a mom there is always one waiting.

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Lesley link
2/8/2019 05:36:29 pm

I love this description of the contrast between finding strength in God and looking to our own strength. We truly need his help for all those little things that come our way.

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Christine
2/10/2019 08:50:51 pm

The little things are what seem to daily drain my faith. But those little things are the same things that can put tread on our faith. He keeps growing me in the details for sure.

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Rachel link
2/9/2019 09:53:37 am

Absolutely love this! What a great picture! I’ve certainly had “those” days. In fact, yesterday was one of them! What a great encouragement that we can rest and stand firm in the One who never falters!

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Christine
2/10/2019 08:53:38 pm

So glad it encouraged you!!

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Brittany link
2/11/2019 04:48:55 pm

This brings me such a sense of peace just reading it. It puts the focus back on what He can do instead of what I try to control in my own power. What a wonderful Word!

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