Questions & Answers

I love new things. So, as this year is just beginning, it's reason for me to reflect and rejoice.

Last night, just before the clock struck midnight, God brought clarity to a health issue I've been dealing with for almost two years. Finally, naming something. Naming something brings relief...comfort, even if it's not fixed yet. I am amazed by the timing. Moments before the new year was born, I believe I was being shown that 2017 will be a year of answers. My sweet friend, Alisa Marie has shared before that there are the years of questions and the years of answers. Though I love answers, I am able to see through the training God has given me that there is also such beauty and purpose in the questions. The season of unanswered questions has been an invitation from the Living God to come and trust Him more. So, now, as I stand on the cusp of this new year, I'm choosing to set my heart at rest in His presence, filled with hope, confidence and boldness that answers are on the way - in multiple areas. And on the hard days that require me to go deeper in my faith, I'll remember that the Gardener prunes every branch that bears fruit so it will be even more fruitful (John 15:2). He only stops pruning the vine when He expects nothing more from it during that season. The trials, questions, pruning will mean there's more for me - greater heights to scale. And the best part is, my Father goes before, beside me and is my rear guard. (Isaiah 58:8). Then, when the answers do come, my open hands will be ready to receive them as the gift that they are.