Giving us room to grow...
Okay, so I picked up Beth Moore's newest book, "So Long, Insecurity" (Side note: I just finished the first chapter, but I'm already amazed and feel like she's reading my mind, or at least what it was a little over a year ago. I have a feeling this is going to be a must read for all females, possibly even one for a guy to skim to help us, with God, through the journey) and I really liked what she had to say about these verses.
Just like Psalm 30:6-7 says, she explains that just as she starts to feel secure, something crazy will happen, knock her down, and then she's right back where she started. She goes on to explain that we can never be so secure that we are immovable and I really liked this quote from her:
"Is the goal of the believing life to get to a place where we simply hold steady till we die?...I'm forever wanting to go someplace with God. I forget that in order to really want to go, something has to happen to make me want to leave where I am". That last sentence is my favorite. I think it will better help me answer the cliched questions, "Why doesn't God just make us perfect then?" or "Why does God test us?"...possibly even "Why do bad things happen to good people?". Maybe I'm just slow, but the generalized answers to these, were just that simple, generalized, not really thought-provoking answers. For some reason, the way Beth Moore words it makes much more sense to me. In order for us to follow Jesus, to genuinely, whole-heartedly, want to follow Jesus in the midst of feeling discouraged, he has to shake things up for us, and push us out of where/when we feel safe and steady and happy. That means when we're feeling great about life, something crazy is going to have to happen to make us want to leave there.
Ha...I like that I feel like I understand things, even the most simple things, that every believer seems to or is expected to know, and then God laughs at me and says, "O, Ashley, you're naiveness is adorable, but you're behind, it's your turn to catch up".
Anywho, just thought I'd share.
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