Something brought it to mind this morning as I was sitting at the kitchen table for my morning quiet time. I kept it close by, reading here and there. Before I knew it I was turning the last page.
Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On by Stormie Omartian.
If you have been reading my blog lately you may have noticed I have been going through some struggles. Hence dusting this book off. The uncertainty of our future at times feels crushing. But I am finding {again} God is still there. God is still in control. Above all God is Good. All the Time.
This book stated over and over and over-- How God is there. Guiding, leading, wanting to direct my steps. He wants and has good things for us.
I love that each chapter ends with a prayer and scripture {Footlights}. As I finished each chapter and read each prayer my heart cried, Yes Lord...Amen.
The book doesn't promise everything will magically become better. Obviously this is a hard, broken world. But He will grant us the strength we need for each day. The importance of tapping into His Word and His strength daily.
"Hunger for God’s Word like food. Thirst for it like water. Soak in it like a jacuzzi. Put it on like a garment. Weave it into your soul so that it becomes part of the fabric of your life. When you do, you won’t just be trudging up the trail. You will be dancing in the footlights." pp51
“When God aims us in a new direction, we have to let go of what we've known, be willing to embrace the unfamiliar, and trust that He will sustain us on the journey.” pp.93Life is not going to be perfect. Unexpected things will happen. Challenges and perhaps even tragedies will arise. But He will still sustain us. He wants to heal our hurts. Free us from our past. Release us from bitterness.
"You don't have to have life all figured out; you only have to take one step at a time. God will give you just enough light for the step you're on, and every time you put your hand in His, you'll know you've got a solid hold on your future." pp.175Last night as I drove home from Girl Scouts. My heart was filled with so much peace. It was like God was literally pouring it out over me. I wanted to wrap it around me like a cozy blanket and never move. Reading this book today as been like a confirmation of everything I have felt Him whispering to my soul over the past several weeks.
I still don't know what the coming weeks and months are going to look like. But I know He is right there with me. I know that for today, for this moment, I am walking in His light and His truth. And that's all any of us can do.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry
about your life,
what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
Matthew 6:25-27 NIV
