Our preacher spoke this morning about Jesus walking on water through a storm to get to his disciples that were on the boat. He didn't stop the storm to get to them, he just walked to them through the storm. I immediately started thinking about how this relates to my life with my 3 beautiful boys. Being a mom of 2 autistic boys definitely brings a lot of storms to my life. Nothing is easy and everything requires more planning. God may not stop this autism storm but he is walking through this storm with me.
Over the past few weeks, I've started looking for Jesus in my everyday life and I've also started depending on him for the everyday problems. It all started when I read this book called A Praying Life by Paul Miller. I started realizing that I try to handle everything on my own. I am not trusting God to take care of anything. So I decided one day to test this out and trust God.
I visited my dad for Father's Day and on the way home my Isaac started having a meltdown. If you know Isaac you know that a meltdown involves crying, screaming, headbutting, and hair pulling. Unfortunetly, his brother (Jayden) would be the victim on this day since he had the seat next to him. I thought, "Okay God show me what you got." Jayden, Eli, and I all prayed out loud to God that he would help Isaac calm down. Within 5 minutes of saying our prayer, Isaac stopped crying and was fine for the rest of the drive (which was an hour). I was so excited that God was there.
Over the next week, I continued looking for Jesus in everything and I started seeing how he was working in my life. I also started noticing that when I made the choice to pray before I tried to handle a situation that Jesus was there to help me.
"The fight you are in is all about where God is taking you." Pastor Marcus at 7 Hills
So where is God taking me? I have no idea what his plans are but I know he is walking with me through this storm and I know there is a plan for me and my family. I just have to keep depending on Jesus and let him walk through this storm with me. I am not going to stop rowing the boat and I will keep praising God through this storm.
