I’ve missed writing to you.
We’ve had a lot of goings-ons here in the Fink Fam and since you’ve been in the journey with us, I wanted to give you an update on our most recent excellent adventure…the journey to our new home, but perhaps more accurately, our journey of faith and trusting God.
Which has not been stellar…more about that a little later.
As of this week, the contact is signed and we are officially landlords. We have a lovely family with infant twins, a very fat cat and another rather trim cat, moving into our townhouse mid-November. We close on our new home at the end of October and all I can say is, “Wow God.” I’ve seen it, experienced it and know in my head and heart that God’s timing is perfect, but sometimes, particularly these past six months, I’ve wobbled and waivered.
“Are you there God? It’s me Margaret Steph. Do you see me straightening these pillows, dusting, vacuuming, wiping down the kitchen counter tops and the globs of toothpaste out of the sink again?”
Silence.
Then in my private times, I continued to get one sentence continually rise up in my heart, “Peace be still”. God was confirming that He saw and knew what was going on. He just wanted me to “Chill it, skillet!”…to trust His timing and His plan. I’m certain that’s why Jo’s picture tenderly spoke to my heart. The picture was God again, speaking the same message, using a different vehicle. He was cementing the message into my weary heart that, “I’m still here honey. I love you. Keep doing what I told you to do. Be still. Wait. Watch.”
We have just two weeks until our home is re-occupied. We could have had just three days if we wanted. God had the renters, the timing and all the fiscal details worked out…and I’m telling you, it’s beyond what the Finkster and I could have hoped, imagined, or dreamed up.
So what am I sayin’?
Do not give up on God’s timing. You may be stuck smack dab in the middle of waiting on God, God’s timing and plan to be fully revealed. I want to remind you as I was just re-reminded that God, His timing and plans are perfect!
And, my faith, (while clearly not perfect), is being perfected through trying times, the waiting times.
A month ago, I told the Finkster I wanted to take the house off the market and bail on our dream home…it was just getting too difficult. I was f-e-e-l-i-n-g so defeated and weary of waiting on God. He hugged me and went to work. Later, he emailed me, “So to put that into context for what we are currently going through, our promised land is the new house. God does not want us to turn back, he wants us to have faith. For us to stay at our current house is the equivalent of the Jews going back to Egypt after being set free. Let’s charge ahead!”
Just to be very clear, our promised land is not the beautiful yellow home with black shutters pictured above. No, our promised land is living day by day in a more perfected (not perfect) faith, trust and dependence on God.
Do not give up on God’s timing and your dream!
Maybe you too, feel like God’s taking too long. Don’t give up, like I almost did. Go ahead and waiver, tremble, spazz, and freak out from time to time…let God tell you to “chill it, skillet”. Then rise up and say, “God, I don’t know what you’re doing…why you’re taking so long, but I trust you.” We said this again when we signed the rental agreement. We did not want to be landlords and the Israelites didn’t want to eat their mana. We all have our “thing”! But I believe what God really wants is to not forget to say, “Thank you for our daily bread (tenants, manna) and provisions.”
“Thank you God. Amen!”
What excellent adventure does God have you on today? Will you trust Him and say, “Thank you. Amen!”?
