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06/09/2026

An encouraging word for some this morning, blessings, Jill

The Lord wants to reassure many today that the pressure you’re feeling right now is pressure that produces progress towards greater maturity in knowledge, understanding, expression, and fruitfulness.

Just as a baby passes through the narrow place of the birth canal pushed by strong contractions, so this narrow place of pressure is to move you from womb to world of greater light and life. From places of preparation that have become too cramped, into newness, that though unfamiliar and frightening spacious and bright, is exactly what you were formed for.

Trust the process, because the God who designed and watches over the process is faithful, loving, and wise. You’re being pressed out of enclosed to open; from dark to light; from total dependence to greater independence; from naked to clothed; from unknowing to knowing; from being quiet to finding your voice; from strength to strength and one degree of glory to another.

What’s been hidden is about to be revealed, what’s been closed to you is about to be opened, clarity you’ve been waiting for is about to be revealed. This isn’t so much about breakthrough, but more like breaking out. And this will come about, not through your own effort, strength, or will, but through trusting the Lord and yielding to his process in the pressure. So cease from striving and rest in God’s grace and wisdom.

“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.” – Isaiah 30:15

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became (mature), I put the ways of childhood behind me.” – 1 Cor. 13:11

02/09/2026

CANCELLATION!!! SEPTEMBER 5 PROPHETIC GATHERING! Many are out of action with winter colds and flu so we've made the call. If that's you, we're praying a speedy recovery and God's blessing over you. God bless, Jill

WAYFINDING Part 6 of 6: The Long ViewBy Jill SmithScripture reveals God as interested in and working in and through all ...
27/08/2026

WAYFINDING Part 6 of 6: The Long View
By Jill Smith

Scripture reveals God as interested in and working in and through all the generations. His plans unfold generationally, and he draws people into their part in his plans at different ages and stages, some young, and some old. He hasn't changed.

But we live in a culture that often struggles to know what to do with ageing. We celebrate youth, speed, productivity and achievement. We value what is new, efficient and visible. Yet somewhere along the way, many people begin to wonder where they fit when their roles change, their responsibilities shift, or the things that once defined them are no longer central. This is not only relevant for those who are older now, but for all of us, who if we are blessed will grow older, to reap the harvest of seeds sown and cultivated in former years.

For many, retirement or later life brings unexpected questions again. Who am I now? What do I have to offer? Where is my place? Has my most significant contribution already happened? These are not small questions. They touch something deep within us because our identity is often shaped by what we have done, the people we have cared for, the roles we have had, responsibilities we have carried, and the ways we have contributed.

Our contemporary culture presents a fairly negative view of later life, but Scripture presents a very different picture. The biblical story does not suggest that our usefulness ends when our productivity decreases. Instead, it honours the mature gifts that emerge through a life faithfully lived. Elderhood is not simply the final chapter before the end. It is a significant season in which wisdom, perspective, faithfulness and blessing can become deeply fruitful.

Throughout Scripture, God continues to work through people in their later years. Abraham was called into a new chapter when he was already an older man. Moses was eighty when God called him to lead Israel. Anna, an elderly widow in the temple, recognised the significance of Jesus’ arrival and became a witness to others. Simeon, also in later years, carried a deep spiritual attentiveness that allowed him to recognise God’s salvation when others missed it.

Their lives remind us that God is not finished with people simply because they have accumulated years. In fact, years can become a gift. A lifetime of experience can deepen compassion. Hard-won wisdom can become guidance for others. Faithfulness through difficulty can become a source of hope. Stories of God’s provision can strengthen those still learning to trust.

The world often asks, “What can you still do?” Wisdom asks a different question: “What has God formed in you that you can now offer?”

This does not mean later life is easy. Ageing brings real challenges. There can be grief, loss, changing abilities, changing relationships and the need to release things we once held tightly. Every season asks something of us. Earlier seasons may have called us to build, achieve, provide and lead. Later seasons may invite us to bless, encourage, mentor, pray, create, share wisdom and become a presence of peace in the lives of others. The expression of fruitfulness changes. The calling to bear fruit remains.

Perhaps one of the great gifts of elderhood is that it invites us to move from proving to presence. To move from asking: “How much can I accomplish?” to: “How can I faithfully offer who I have become?” From: “Do I still matter?” to: “How might God use the life He has shaped in me?”

This requires a different understanding of purpose. That purpose is not only found in what we produce, but it is also found in who we become and how we embody the love, wisdom and character of Christ. Jesus Himself shows us this pattern. His life was not measured only by public ministry. The hidden years mattered. The relationships mattered. The ordinary moments mattered. His whole life revealed the Father.

In the same way, a life lived with God is never wasted. Every season contributes something. Every experience can become part of the wisdom we carry. Every place where God has met us can become a place from which we offer hope to others. Moving into later seasons requires a different kind of faithfulness. Some things must be released. Some identities need to be surrendered. Some expectations need to be held more lightly. But there is also a freedom that comes with this. We are not required to remain who we once were. God is always forming us. The question is not: “How do I hold onto the past?” but: “Lord, who are You inviting me to become now?”

The Christian story has always been moving towards a larger horizon. We are not simply moving towards retirement, decline or the end of usefulness. We are moving towards completion in Christ. The years we have lived are not merely behind us. They are woven into the story God is still writing. The long view reminds us that our lives are held within eternity. We are pilgrims, apprentices and beloved children of God.

Every season has its work. Every season has its gift. Every season can become a place where God is glorified and where love bears fruit. The invitation is simple: Find your bearings. Listen for His voice. Receive the season you have been given. And trust that the God who began a good work in you is still faithfully bringing it to completion.

TAKING YOUR BEARINGS

How do I currently view later life and ageing? Does my view reflect God’s perspective or mainly cultural messages?

What wisdom, experience or gifts has God formed in elders around me that I could be drawing on now? Or in me that may be needed by others?

What might God be inviting me to release to enter this next season freely?

How can I continue to bear fruit in this season?

What does it mean for me to trust that God is still writing my story now?

We're getting together again for prophetic encouragement and equipping. This time the recipe the Lord has given me for t...
25/08/2026

We're getting together again for prophetic encouragement and equipping. This time the recipe the Lord has given me for the day hinges of 3 movements:
1. Tune out (distractions & pressures),through worship & prayer
2. Tune in (to the Lord), through refocussing & revelation
3. Tune up (the expression of our hearts, voices, gifts and ministries) through prophetic ministry.

TO REGISTER (helps for catering) see the flyer.
OR message me or comment here.
A koha on the day is fine, suggested rego covers costs.

BLESSINGS, JILL

STANDING AT A CROSSROADSJill SmithI woke this morning with this verse at the front of my mind: “Stand at the crossroads ...
24/08/2026

STANDING AT A CROSSROADS
Jill Smith

I woke this morning with this verse at the front of my mind: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” – Jer. 6:16

It came as a fresh invitation, that the Lord is proclaiming loudly and clearly over nations, communities, families and individuals.

That we are at a crossroads, is pretty obvious in many ways, but the message is, “TODAY hear and respond to God’s timely call to stop, look, and listen for direction concerning the ‘good way’, and then intentionally choose to walk in it, so you’ll find rest for your soul.”

STOP. There’s a caution not to assume the way we have been walking is the way for what’s coming next. It’s a call to deliberately stop, to pause in God’s presence, to seek clarity and direction with the same attitude Moses had: “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.”

LOOK. Take stock, prayerfully review past and present to prepare for the future. Invite the Lord to help you see what you need to see, learn what you need to learn, own and acknowledge what you need to acknowledge. Intentionally turn your heart towards God asking him to locate you, looking to Him, waiting patiently and expectantly for His direction, not assuming just more of the same.

ASK AND DISCERN. As you take stock, adopt an attitude of both faith and humility specifically asking Him to help you discern the ancient paths that lead to the good way. Ask for the ability to discern the difference between good and evil. Don’t fall for the myth of human progress that automatically leaps from ‘we know more’, therefore ‘we are wiser’. More access to knowledge does not automatically grant access to the ‘good way’ (Rom.1).

SEEK WISDOM. Wisdom begins with the awe of the Lord, living in awareness of Him, and overflows into love, faith, and obedience towards Him. Wisdom discerns, chooses, and implements God’s good way in real life here and now, personally, and amongst the people and places where we live and work. The wise will move forward with ‘treasures old and new’ (Mt.13:52).

THIS IS A CROSSROADS TIME. A time of fresh invitation, choice, and opportunity. For many, a time of course correction, redirection and repositioning. A clear call to again, right now, pause to seek, discern, and choose God’s Good. To receive the wisdom of heaven that enables us to understand and implement God’s good plans, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. It’s a time to pray the same enablement for leaders and authorities, those who govern, and those who carry great influence in different spheres. So that not only we, but also our families, communities and nations, will walk in God’s ways and find rest for their souls (Jer.6:16).

WAYFINDING Part 5Growing Towards FruitfulnessBy Jill SmithOne of the questions many people carry throughout life is:“Wha...
21/08/2026

WAYFINDING Part 5
Growing Towards Fruitfulness
By Jill Smith

One of the questions many people carry throughout life is:
“What difference am I making?”

It is a good question. Human beings are created with a longing to contribute, to create, to love, to serve and to participate in something beyond ourselves. Yet somewhere along the way, we can begin to confuse fruitfulness with productivity. We measure our lives by what we accomplish, how much we do, how many people need us, or how visible our contribution appears to be.

But Jesus offers a different picture. He does not describe the life of faith as a life of constant striving. He describes it as a life of abiding. “I am the vine; you are the branches,” He says. “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.” The branch does not produce fruit by effort alone. It bears fruit because it is connected to the source of life.

This is one of the great invitations of spiritual maturity: learning not only how to do things for God, but how to live deeply rooted in God.

Fruitfulness is not simply about what we produce. It is about what our lives become.

I’ve already noted that throughout Scripture, God forms people over time so that their lives can bear fruit in the right season. Joseph’s years of preparation enabled him to carry responsibility with wisdom. Moses’ wilderness years shaped him into a leader who could carry the weight of guiding a nation. David’s hidden years formed the heart that later wrote songs of worship and led with compassion. The fruit came from a life being formed.

This is why seasons of waiting, pruning and hiddenness are not necessarily wasted seasons. They are often where roots deepen, and Jesus Himself lived this pattern. For thirty years, He lived an ordinary life in Nazareth before His public ministry began. Most of His earthly life was not spent preaching, healing or gathering crowds. It was spent growing, working, listening and abiding in the Father’s purposes.

Perhaps this challenges some of our assumptions about what makes a life significant. God is not only interested in what we do. He is interested in who we are becoming. This also means that fruitfulness requires discernment. A tree does not produce every kind of fruit. An apple tree does not apologise for not producing oranges. And part of becoming fruitful is discovering what God has uniquely entrusted to us, then faithfully tending that.

This requires knowing our limits. Limits are not failures. They are part of God’s design. The boundary of a garden does not restrict the garden; it creates the space where something can grow. Our limitations, our particular gifts, our responsibilities and our season of life all help define where we are called to invest ourselves. Every yes contains many noes. To say yes to one calling means recognising that we cannot give ourselves fully to everything else.

This is not loss. It is stewardship. Jesus Himself lived with clear boundaries. He did not respond to every demand placed upon Him. He withdrew to pray. He left some places where people wanted Him to stay. He moved according to the Father’s timing rather than the expectations of others.

Faithfulness is not doing everything possible but becoming attentive to what God is asking of us now. This becomes increasingly important as we move through life. In younger years, fruitfulness may be expressed through building, creating, leading and serving. In other seasons, fruitfulness may look like mentoring, encouraging, creating space for others, offering wisdom, praying faithfully, or simply becoming a person whose presence brings life. The expression changes. The calling remains: follow Jesus, grow like Jesus.

Perhaps one of the great tasks of maturity is learning to ask:
“What fruit is this season asking me to bear?”
Not: “What are others doing?” Or: “How can I prove my value?”
But: “Lord, what have You entrusted to me now?”

The answer may surprise us. Sometimes the fruit God is growing is visible and other times it is hidden. Sometimes it is a transformed character, other times a relationship repaired. Sometimes it is a word of encouragement given at exactly the right moment. Other times it is simply becoming a person who carries the presence and love of Christ into the lives of others. Sometimes we need to recognise the difference between being busy and being fruitful, between being needed and being faithful, between achieving and abiding.

The invitation of Jesus remains: Remain in Me. Receive from Me. Allow Me to form you. And in the right season, fruitfulness with come.

TAKING YOUR BEARINGS:

Where have I been measuring my value—by fruitfulness or by productivity?

What has God entrusted to me in this season?

What limits or boundaries might be timely invitations to faithful stewardship?

What fruit might God be growing in me that is different from what I expected?

What does abiding in Christ look like for me right now?

Coming up soon, love to see you, bless Jill 🙂
20/08/2026

Coming up soon, love to see you, bless Jill 🙂

Many people I know are in the middle of significant transition, major change times. We got through many transitions in l...
17/08/2026

Many people I know are in the middle of significant transition, major change times. We got through many transitions in life and understanding the territory helps us get our bearings. Check out the article below for more:

WAYFINDING Part 4: Navigating Transition
Jill Smith

Most of us prefer a clear path.

We like to know where we are going, what we’re meant to do, and what comes next. Familiar seasons give us a sense of confidence. We know the routines, the responsibilities, the relationships and often even the version of ourselves that belongs there.

But life doesn’t stay still for long. At some point, the map changes. School days come to an end. A relationship changes. A responsibility added or concluded. A child is born or leaves home. A career begins or concludes. A ministry role is launched or handed over. Health alters. A dream closes. A new opportunity appears. A season of waiting begins.

Sometimes these changes are welcomed. Sometimes they arrive unexpectedly. Often, they bring a mixture of both grief and possibility. We live through many transitions. They are rarely only about what is happening around us and are also about what is happening within us.

When a season changes, we are often prompted to ask deeper questions: Who am I now? What remains true when familiar roles change? Where am I now? What is God doing in this new landscape? What is He inviting me to release, and what is He inviting me to embrace?

These questions can feel unsettling because our identity is often closely connected to what we do, what we contribute, and how others see us. Yet throughout Scripture, God often meets people in places where their old identity can no longer sustain them.

Abram was called away from everything familiar. Before he became Abraham, the father of many nations, he first had to become a pilgrim. Jacob spent much of his early life grasping, striving and securing his own future. Then, in a night of wrestling with God, he received a new name and a new identity.

Simon was a fisherman before he became Peter, the rock on which Jesus would build His church. His transformation was not instant. It happened through failure, forgiveness and faithful companionship with Jesus. Saul was a passionate religious leader before he encountered Christ on the road to Damascus. His direction changed completely, but God did not discard the gifts and zeal that had shaped him. Instead, He redeemed and redirected them.

These stories remind us that God is not threatened by transition. In fact, he orchestrates transition and often maximises its potential to provoke our transformation. The difficulty is that we frequently want God to take us into the new season without asking us to leave anything behind. Yet every new season requires some form of letting go.

A seed must be buried before it grows. A caterpillar must leave one form of life before another emerges. Jesus Himself told His disciples that whoever wants to follow Him must take up their cross. The journey of transformation always involves surrender.
This does not mean every loss is God’s direct plan, or that we should minimise discomfort and pain by quickly looking for the lesson. Some transitions involve genuine grief, and grief needs space. God meets us not only in our victories but also in our confusion, disappointment and sorrow.

The Emmaus road is one of the most beautiful examples of this. Two disciples were walking away from Jerusalem, discouraged and confused. Their hopes had been shattered. They believed they understood where their story was going, but everything had changed. And Jesus came alongside them. Notice that He did not begin by correcting them. He walked with them. He listened. He entered their disappointment before revealing the larger story. Perhaps this is how God often works with us. Before He gives us clarity, He gives us companionship. Before He shows us the destination, He walks with us on the road.

Transition requires both honesty and hope. Honesty about what has changed. Honesty about what has been lost. Honesty about our fears and uncertainties. But also hope that God is not finished. Because the end of one season is not necessarily the end of our usefulness, our purpose or our fruitfulness. Sometimes it is the beginning of a deeper expression of who God has always been forming us to become.

This is why learning to locate ourselves well matters so much. When the map changes, we do not begin again from nothing. We carry our story with us. Our experiences. Our relationships. Our gifts. Our scars. Our wisdom. The ways God has met us before.
A new season is not a rejection of the previous one. It is often the place where what has been formed in us becomes available in a new way.

And yes, I am still learning this. There have been seasons when I have struggled to recognise myself because circumstances changed faster than my understanding. Times when old ways of serving, working or contributing no longer fitted. But I have come to see that God’s invitation is not simply, “Find something else to do.” It is often deeper: “Discover who you are becoming with Me.” And I’ve found that though the map may change and the landscape may be unfamiliar, the Guide remains faithful, always.

TAKING YOUR BEARINGS

What transition am I currently experiencing, or what transition have I recently passed through?

What have I lost that needs to be honestly grieved and farewelled?

What parts of my identity have been connected to roles or responsibilities that are changing?

What might God be inviting me to release?
• What gifts, wisdom or experiences from previous seasons might He be inviting me to intentionally carry forward into this one?

WAYFINDING Part 3: Led by God’s Word Jill SmithThere are moments in life when we need direction. A decision needs to be ...
10/08/2026

WAYFINDING Part 3: Led by God’s Word
Jill Smith

There are moments in life when we need direction. A decision needs to be made. A season is changing. A familiar pathway is closing. A new opportunity appears. We find ourselves asking, What should I do? Where should I go? How do I know which way is right? These are deeply human questions.

Throughout Scripture, people have faced moments like these. Abraham leaving his homeland. Moses standing before the burning bush. Samuel learning to recognise God’s voice. Mary receiving an unexpected invitation. Paul changing direction because the Spirit redirected his plans. Time and again, the people of God learned that they were not simply navigating circumstances. They were walking with a God who speaks and invites relationship.

One of the questions that has been helpful for me in times of disorientation is this:

What did God say?

Not simply, “What do I feel?” Or “What do I want?”

Not only, “What seems sensible?” Or “What does everyone else think?”

But first: “Lord, what have You said?”

This question is not about chasing dramatic experiences or searching for certainty about every detail of life. It is about cultivating a listening heart, a life attentive to the God who has made Himself known.

The Bible begins with a God who speaks. “Let there be light.” And there was light. Creation itself is brought into being through the Word of God. The Gospel of John takes this even further, declaring that the Word was with God, the Word was God, and through Him all things were made. The God we follow is not silent. He has spoken through Scripture, through His Son Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, through His people, and through the unfolding circumstances of our lives. The invitation is not simply to hear more information about God, but to become people who recognise His voice and respond with trust, even we don’t fully understand.

Yet learning to listen takes time. One of the greatest challenges is that we often want God’s guidance without the process of learning attentiveness. We just want a clear answer, but God often forms us through the time spent with Him, listening. Think of Abraham. God gave him a promise, but Abraham had to walk many miles, one step at a time, before he saw its fulfilment. The word came first. The journey followed.

Think of Joseph. He received dreams of a future he could not yet understand. Between the promise and the fulfilment came betrayal, slavery, imprisonment and years of waiting. Yet later, looking back, Joseph could see that God had been present and purposeful even in the places he never would have chosen. Think of Mary. Her encounter with the angel brought both promise and uncertainty. She was given a word from God, but she also had to surrender control, carry what she did not fully understand, and trust the One who had spoken.

A word from God does not always remove difficulty. Sometimes it gives us the courage to walk through difficulty. This is where mature discernment matters. A listening life is not a life where every thought, feeling or impression is automatically assumed to be God’s voice. Scripture invites us to test, weigh, seek wisdom, walk connected in family and community, attend to trustworthy advisors, and remain grounded in the character of Christ. The voice of God will never contradict the heart of God revealed in Jesus. It will lead us towards love, humility, faithfulness and greater alignment with His purposes.

Perhaps one of the most important disciplines of navigating life well is learning to remember, “What did God Say?” When Israel faced new challenges, God repeatedly called them to remember His promises. To remember what He had already done. To remember the covenant, the deliverance, the faithfulness. Because remembering strengthens trust.

The same is true for us. There are seasons when God seems quiet. There are times when we cannot see clearly. There are moments when the next step feels uncertain. In those seasons, we return to what we know. What has God already said? What promises have shaped my journey? What Scriptures have carried me? What moments of grace have revealed His faithfulness? Who are the key people He has placed around me? What invitations has He placed before me? Sometimes the next step becomes clearer not because we receive something completely new, but because we rediscover what God has already been saying.

This is an ongoing learning journey where we learn on the way. I have made decisions I would not make again. I have misinterpreted God’s Word and misunderstood seasons. I have struggled with impatience and frustration. Sometimes I’ve moved too quickly and sometimes hesitated too long. Yet I continue to discover the kindness of a God who patiently and graciously leads His people. Not only guiding us towards a destination, but He also forming us, very personally, as we walk with Him.

To ponder as you get your bearings this week:

· What has God already said that I need to remember?

· Are there Scriptures, promises or moments of grace that have shaped my journey?

· Am I creating enough space to listen, or am I only asking God to bless my plans?

· How might I grow in recognising and responding to God’s presence and voice?

· Who are the wise, trusted people God has provided to help me discern well?

WAYFINDING: Navigating Life God - Jill Smith Part 2: Every Season Offers Gifts and TasksOne of the great challenges of b...
04/08/2026

WAYFINDING: Navigating Life God - Jill Smith

Part 2: Every Season Offers Gifts and Tasks

One of the great challenges of being human is that we are always becoming. We are not finished products. We are shaped by our experiences, our relationships, our choices, our losses, our joys, and most importantly, by the ongoing work of God in our lives.

Yet one of the things I have noticed, both in my own journey and in walking alongside others, is how easily we can become impatient with the season we are in. We look backwards and long for what has been. Or sideways, comparing ourself with where others seem to be. We look ahead and imagine that fulfilment will finally come when we reach the next thing.

But Scripture offers us a different way of seeing time.

The writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us that there is “a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” This doesn’t mean every season is easy or that everything that happens is good. Life includes suffering, disappointment, injustice and loss. But it does remind us that God is not absent from time. He is present and at work within it.

Every season carries its own invitations, its own gifts, its own work. We see this pattern throughout Scripture. Moses spent years in the wilderness before he stood before Pharaoh. Those years were not wasted time. They were part of his formation. The shepherd became a leader because God was shaping something in him before he ever carried public responsibility.

David was anointed king as a young man, yet he spent many years in hidden places before he sat on the throne. The wilderness years formed qualities that power alone could never create. Mary carried a promise before she saw its fulfilment. She had to trust God’s word in the space between announcement and reality. Even Jesus Himself lived through seasons. Luke tells us that He grew “in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” The Son of God embraced the process of human development. He did not rush from birth to public ministry. He lived, learned, worked, waited and grew. Perhaps we should not be surprised that God continues to work this way with us.

Human development researchers have long recognised that different stages of life bring different tasks and opportunities for growth. While no two people follow exactly the same pathway, there does seem to be wisdom in recognising that we are continually being formed. There are seasons when we learn dependence and trust and others when we discover identity and responsibility. Seasons when we build, create, serve and contribute, and seasons when we are invited to let go, deepen, integrate and offer the wisdom gained through experience.

The challenge is that we often want the fruit without embracing the formation that produces it. We want David’s throne without David’s wilderness. Joseph’s influence without Joseph’s hidden years. We want resurrection without the cross. But God is not only interested in where we end up. He is deeply involved in who we are becoming along the way.

This raises important questions for our journey. What season am I in right now? What is this season inviting me to learn? What needs to grow in me? What do I need to take hold of and what do I need to release? What is God forming that I can’t yet see?

We will struggle if we’re trying to live faithfully in the wrong season. If we’re carrying expectations from a previous chapter or trying to force open a door that belongs to a future one. Wisdom involves learning to receive the grace of the present. This does not mean passively accepting everything. Faith is not resignation. There are times when God calls us to change, to step out, to challenge injustice, or to begin something new.

But even change requires discernment. The question is not simply, “What do I want next?” The deeper question is, “Lord, what are You doing in me, and what are You inviting me into now?”

This is not something that’s come naturally to me. I get impatient and frustrated. But thankfully, God is gracious, and I’ve discovered that some of the best His work in me has happened in seasons I’d rather have avoided. Waiting seasons. Transition seasons. Very challenging seasons. The kind of season where old identities get loosened so that new things can emerge.

I’ve found God’s invitation is not to rush through those seasons, but to be still and know that He is God, to lean into His presence and goodness, listening, waiting attentively, allowing Him to displace my anxiety and impatience with His peace and reassurance (several times a day sometimes). My instinct is usually to rush past discomfort, move on from disorientation as quickly as I can, forgetting that God is at least as interested and engaged in shaping my being, as He is in directing my doing and my going.

God is the potter and I am the clay, he forms me according to his will, not the other way around. God the potter makes good work. He takes as long as it takes to shape me, make me, according to His will. I don’t know about you, but I regularly need reminding that my part is sometimes, in fact often, to simply trust Him and be still.

Some questions you might like to ponder as you’re getting your bearings this week:

- What season of life am I currently inhabiting?

- What might this season be inviting me to learn, release or embrace?

- Am I trying to hurry into a future season or return to a previous one?

- What has God been forming in me through this season?

- What might faithfulness look like here and now?

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