Trust the Process

I hate this season I am in right now.

Absolutely hate it. 

The 'parenting young toddlers' season of constant meltdowns and sickness. Then there is the daily frustration of toys everywhere that were just put away, food on the floor and complaining about everything. 

Oh, and bath time is when my twin girls have the need to splash as much water out of the bath as possible. They think it's a game and find it hilarious. Every. Single. Day. 

Abigail has been sick for 2 weeks. She gave it to mum who then gave it to Jasmine. I feel like I'm next in the firing line. 

Every morning it's on, non stop, the nursery run involves screaming fits when stuck in traffic. I'll admit I have lost it a few times. Its a miracle to get a full night sleep. Almost every night there is screaming and being kicked in the back in our bed. 

The repetition of doing the same tasks over and over again is brutal. I am a human slave; trying to juggle ten tasks at once, trying to look after everyone and then do it all over again the next day. 

Can you tell I'm frustrated? 

And what do I want to do? Run away. Far away to a nice, peaceful holiday by myself, anywhere with a beach and the sun. But that would be unfair and selfish. To leave when I am most needed at home. 

I struggle with the comparison trap, seeing other people happy and living the dream on social media while I am silently suffering. 

Trust the Process

I've heard the phrase before several times. It means to keep going when times are tough. Don't give up and have faith that you are getting stronger everyday. And when you look back you will see how far you have come mentally, emotionally and spiritually. 

We don't grow when life is easy, sitting on a beach in Mexico drinking a pina colada. You grow the most during the HARDEST seasons of your life. 

James 1:2-4 says whenever you face trials of many kinds, it is building within you perseverance and strength. This can also build in valuable character and skill sets for life that can not come about any other way. 

You are stronger than you think you are - you just don't know it yet.

You are wiser than you think you are - you just have't discovered it yet. 

You are more capable than you think you are - you just haven't tapped into it yet. 

Whatever season you are in right now, trust the process, it will be worth it! 

"You are familiar with all my ways..."

Do you realise that God knows everything about you...

He knows your thoughts and your desires. Your hope and your dreams. He knows your feelings, your fears and your pain. He also understands your anger and frustration. When you feel hurt, He feels it too. God is angry at the injustice you have experienced and is on your side.

 

Psalm 139:3 – You discern my going out and my lying down. You are familiar with all my ways…

 

Another version reads that God is “well acquainted” with all your ways.

 

God knows what is best because He knows you better than you know yourself. He is familiar with your life as one inhabitating the same house where you live and sleeping in the same bed.

 

Job 31:4 – Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

 

God has counted all the hairs on your head (Matthew 10:30). Did you know that you have on average 100,000 hairs on your head at any one time? Absolutely nothing escapes His attention.

 

Neurologically speaking, science has found that thought patterns in the brain are very similar to grooves, like a well trodden dirt road. That is why our thoughts are so powerful and difficult to change! God knows your every thought pattern, millions of them. He knows your deepest secrets, motives and intentions. The hidden things that no one else can know. 

 

Psalm 139:2; 4 – You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You discern my thoughts from afar… Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD you know it altogether.

 

God knows you perfectly, deeply and intimately. All the good, the bad and the unspeakable. And He loves you unconditionally and completely. Amazing!

 

Now you might think that a perfect and Holy God knowing someone’s worst character traits may cause Him to punish or condemn. But you would be completely wrong.

 

Scripture says, “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Even when human nature was at its worst, in complete depravity, and put an innocent man to be crucified on a cross, God still loved us. But not so we could stay in the same condition, but to be forgiven of our sins, radically transformed and have a new nature.

 

Ezekiel 36:26 – And I will give you a new heart and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

 

Friend, it is time to let go of your need for control. It is time to stop fighting God and to surrender to His ways. His ways are so much better and He can be trusted completely.

 

I promise you will not regret it.