God is Faithful!

Hey everyone! 

I am going to be honest with you guys. I’m committed to being as honest as I can while writing my posts. So I thought I’d describe where I am at,hoping that it might encourage others.The last few weeks I have been feeling discouraged and doubting. I have had a few things happen to me to cause those feeling.I hate feeling discouraged. It makes me feel stuck honestly. But God met me right where I was. He also surrounded me with people to encourage me and pointed me to Jesus. He also reminded me of these scriptures:

“When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” Psalms 34:17-19

“for we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 corinthians 5:7

“Those who trust in the lord are as steady as Mt Zion,unmoved by any circumstance.” Psalm 25:1

“Let him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and catching everything that concerns you.” 1 Peter 5:7

 

I have felt God stretch me in my faith.When my faith is weak, I can turn to Him.  I can ask Him to strengthen my faith (Mark 9:24).  I can pray over Scriptures which He promises will give me faith (Romans 10:17).  When I do that, He will give me all the faith I need.

So I’m turning to Him right now.  This feels a little strange, but I’m going to write down what I prayed:

Jesus, I’m feeling deeply discouraged and im doubting. Give the faith to trust in you more. Forgive me for letting problems blind me to who You are.  Lord give me faith that is unshakeable. Thank you for opening my eyes and loving me through this. Thank you for picking me up when I am down and doubting that you can provide for me. Thank you for never giving up on me. I pray I can put to practice what your teaching me! amen

As I prayed that, something happened. My eyes were open,I’m seeing things differently. I’m seeing that no matter what problems I have, since Jesus Christ is infinitely merciful and powerful I have no reason to be discouraged. God will provide for me in my situations. He will never leave me, even when I feel like he is being silent.

I want to encourage everyone reading this post. No matter what situation you are finding yourself in right now. Press in to what God is trying to do. You might not understand the situation, it might be hard. But God is walking right beside you. You are not alone. It is so easy to get discouraged and feel like giving up. But don’t! This situation is going to grow your faith and help you trust in God more. 

For me I was feeling discouraged with trusting that God was going to provide financially. I was stressing out a little bit(or a lot). But when I least expected God to provide he did! I was blown away! It showed me that God provides in his perfect timing! I knew that, But it’s different to actually experience that. And I am so grateful to experience that.  

I have been just soaking up this process. God has been showing me a lot this past week and i’m excited to see what happens next. I would love it if you would come along this journey with me! These are a few ways to do that:

1:Pray for me. This is the most important thing to me. Feel free to ask if you want to know the specifics that I need prayer for!

2.Subscribe to my blog page to get updates for when I leave for my mission trip. I will be blogging every two weeks or as much as I can! You can subscribe by going to my blog home page and at the top left click “subscribe for updates” and enter your email. If you need help with that just ask.

3. Donate towards my mission trip. When you donate your coming on this journey with me. The money you give will be used to get me to each country, give me a place to stay, provide food, the plane tickets, and health insurance! I will then be able to be the hands and feet of Jesus across the world. I can’t do this without your support. No amount is too little! Thank you for the support i’ve gotten this far.

Update: I am officially $181 away from reaching my first deadline!! My first deadline is coming up soon! I would love to reach my goal soon with your help! To donate you will go to my blog home page and click on the orange donate button on the right side towards the top!

Thank you for taking the time and reading my latest post! Be on the lookout for more soon. 

xoxo,

Lindsey Brown