Thursday, October 8, 2015

Trust: Five Minute Friday

Another week, another chance to write on a one-word prompt for only five minutes. We set timers, type quickly, and let it flow without criticism. Then, we link-up our posts so we can read others' posts and they read ours and we have a community that grows from one word each week.
Five Minute Friday.

Go!

(I did edit a couple dates for clarification, so you can call me a cheater if you need to. :) )





I'm so blessed to have some life experience to pour into this week's blog. My Oneword365 for 2014 was "trust". At the time, I did not feel that I really trusted God. My head knew, my heart knew, but connecting the two was still absent a piece.

Part of it was dealing with the grief of a planned pregnancy that only lasted seven days. Part of it was the great challenge of parenting a gifted daughter whose spiritual enemy wants to crush her. She has a gift of prayer and God has huge plans for her. I hit rock bottom that year. In April 2014, I told God. I was done. I wanted Him to take me and give her a mommy that would treat her like He would.

I didn't want Him to trust me. I didn't trust me at that point. Instead, He began to show me that if I would trust Him, then He would equip me to be her mommy-and a very good one at that.
And if you want to read more about that...God used Taylor Swift to help me, of all things!

Trust means yielding all control. Control of the outcome. Control of the process. You have nothing. You must COMPLETELY trust and give up EVERYTHING.

Remember that verse, "in everything give thanks"?? Christine Caine recently said in a devotional, "Note that it says "IN" everything, not "FOR" everything.

When we praise with our lips though we feel cursed, we defeat our enemy. We rise above his summary of the situation and lift our eyes to the redeemer of all. For it is for His glory that we endure, and exist and persevere.
Somehow, by the end of 2014, He had transformed me and I could actually say I trusted Him. Completely.

Last week I had some anxiety facing a situation. I'm not normally anxious, but I was shaken to the core with this one and not knowing the outcome.

My beautiful God then called my attention to a bright yellow paper with bold black letters,

"The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
-Hebrews 13:6

(my girls brought it home from Sunday school this summer and it was mixed with other papers that morning)

If man kills me, it means God used me to the maximum and I'm released from my learning experience.
If man does not kill me, my God is protecting me through each step and He trusts me to experience things that will bring glory and honor and praise to Him.

I do not understand pain and suffering, but am sure that we are also unaware of times we've been spared some awful things.

Though they slay me, yet will I praise Him.

And, just because I needed a powerful praise song this week, here's a gospel version of a powerful hymn. May it encourage you that God is indeed worth Trusting!!




18 comments:

  1. May God continue to prove himself trustworthy as he changes you into the person he knows you can be!

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    1. Anita,
      thank you. I should have clarified that it was April 2014 and that by January 2015, He had transformed me. :)
      Another post I had written on trust that year before April hit was: http://bravegirlcommunity.com/2014/01/05/trust/

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  2. There is indeed power in the blood.

    It sounds like you have been learning a lot about trust. I know the learning process can be painful, but I pray it will draw you nearer to Him.

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    1. Amy,
      thank you. I really was a bit jumbled. :) I came through the journey with complete trust by the end of 2014. This link is where I began the journey.
      I didn't go back and edit-you're not supposed to, but I know there will be more times to need to trust Him. He's proven Himself faithful again and again for me!
      http://bravegirlcommunity.com/2014/01/05/trust/

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  3. I love your post and I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!

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    1. Thank you Bethany! You are an encouragement! Can't wait to read yours. Isn't that song so energizing?! It's in my spirit as well as my ears!

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  4. What a brave, transparent post...you have more faith an courage than a baseball stadium full of Billy Graham clones. (Just picture THAT.)

    And I loved the song.

    For some reason, Hebrews 13:6 reminds me of a mantra that I used to use a lot..."They can kill me, but they can't eat me."

    #6 on FMF this week.

    http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2015/10/your-dying-spouse-67-whom-can-you-trust.html

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    1. Andrew,
      I think the pain medicine is making you highly complementary. Not that I'm complaining, but I'm going to need to eat about twenty humble pies now. ;)

      Faith comes through experience. Your experience has brought a deep faith and courage that I can't even surface scratch. Still, I thank you for continuing to spur me on to good deeds. You are a blessing and a very Biblical brother.
      Hope that song gets stuck in your head on those times you need something a little less dark! :D
      ~Tammy

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  5. Loved this post friend! God is worth trusting. Sometimes it just takes time for us to fully put our trust in him. Parked in the 11 spot this week.

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    1. Tara,
      oh yes, my sweet sister. And being a Christian your entire life can make it harder sometimes to trust Him because we think we know...and we don't actually know. :D I loved your post as well!
      Love,
      Tammy

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  6. I asked myself if I could give this to God:

    "Trust means yielding all control. Control of the outcome. Control of the process. You have nothing. You must COMPLETELY trust and give up EVERYTHING."

    My heart says YES...and so I will. Thanks for the encouraging words you've written here....makes me braver. :-)

    Visiting from Kate's FMF party (I'm #17)

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    1. Aileen,
      oh thank you. You have blessed me! :)
      And I loved your post too. Oceans was such a great song to finish the 2014 journey on into 2015 where I could loudly proclaim that "I DO trust God!" "I do!" I DO!!!!
      Love,
      Tammy

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  7. Another great post- I've also learned a lot about trusting God through different situations and it's not easy. It can be hard to give up control and trust him, even though we know in our heads that he's completely faithful. It definitely helps when we can lift our eyes from the situation and focus on him. I love how you always include a song as part of your post! (I'm #27 this week.)

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    1. Carly,
      I so enjoyed your post! When I chose "trust" for my word, it kind of chose me. I knew somehow I was struggling with trust.
      With the "oneword365", you dedicate a separate blog page (if you want) to that word and try to post a couple times as the year goes on...Here's the link to my first post from that blog. (there are only 11 entries total on "trust") I think I tried to post once a month?
      http://tammyoneword365.blogspot.com/2013/12/one-word-one-year-trust.html

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    2. Thanks, Tammy. I'll definitely have to think about that for next year. I'll take a look at your blog.

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  8. i remember so well about a week into motherhood, holding my crying baby and feeling so helpless, so unprepared, and so unworthy. my precious mom smiled gently and said, "you're learning for the first time, for real, that you're not in control." i love the encouragement to speak praise aloud when those moments come, because it puts our enemy in his place, and it truly does changes our thoughts and feelings! thank you so much for writing. hugs!

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  9. Thank you for sharing this peek into your life. I appreciate your vulnerability. You glorified God in this words. May you be blessed for your obedience and faith!

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  10. Thank you for this Tammy. Your post reminds me that we are all on a journey with both common and unique experiences alike, but He knows which way we each take, and has planned our paths accordingly. May God continue to light your path, my friend, as you continue to trust.

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