5 Question Journal

What is God doing in my life right now?

 a little rain can be a good thing

A couple of years ago I was blessed to be in the company of three wonderful women in a small bible study each week where we would answer five questions. I miss answering those questions because they were such a great way to focus on God's work in my life; taking stock on a regular basis, gaining clarity and trajectory.

Here are the five questions:

1. How have I experienced God working in my life this week?
2. What is God teaching and showing me?
3. What is my response and how am I reacting to this?
4. What sins have I been convicted of this week?
5. Response to a bible passage ~ What did I get out of it?

For the purpose of keeping my bearings I want to answer these questions every week here, and invite you to keep your own log. 

These questions have been a reminder that He IS at work daily in my life.

When two grow into one another

My answers for this week:

1. How have I experienced God working in my life this week?
   I have been praying for a hunger for the Word. The dry spell has lasted too long, Holy words falling flat on a distracted mind. God has heard my prayer and lit a fire for his beautiful love story. I am grateful and excited to be feasting once again.
2. What is God teaching and showing me?
   This week I have been holding on so tight. My knuckles are white with it. Parenting, running a household, trying so hard to be creative, and really just trying too hard to control it all. My Roaster Husband demanded on Saturday night that I take a bath with the door locked as long as I needed. I love him. As I was lying there a song that I had been listening to earlier kept cycling through my head. From You Get What You Give by 
   Zac Brown Band, the song's title is “Let It Go.” Need I say more?
3. What is my response and how am I reacting to this?
   Letting go is so hard, and this is not a new lesson for me, but a beautiful reminder. My first response is always to try harder. I will try harder to let go. Oxymoron anyone? 
   Trust. 
   This is what I need to let go. More of my savior is what I need. 
   To be thankful for each moment, good and hard is what I need ~
   then to give them to the one who allows me to have them in the first place.
   
   

   

   Listening to creation singing His praises

   
   
4. What sins have I been convicted of this week?
   Having trust issues with God has been my milestone this week. He is unchanging, never failing, loving, and good. I am none of those things. It should be a no-brainier in whom I should place my trust. Expectations tell me that I should find this easy by now. I think I underestimate how sinful I really am. Praise the Lord for Jesus.
5. Response to a bible passage ~ What did I get out of it?
   I have been reading Amos this week 1-6. This text may seem dark with all the woes to the nations, but I found it also encouraging. God does not turn a “blind eye,” He sees everything and takes all into account. Justice belongs to the Lord, but is for ALL. I think a little self exploration is in order. Did these people even realize that what they were doing was wrong? Were they just following the status-quot? Am I? These questions bring to mind a book that we have been reading in our life group; RADICAL. What are the repercussions from the decisions that I make in my life? I want a life with purpose and not just to follow this world I live in.