Just like a recipe that requires simmering, God started to simmer something in my soul. A gentle way to say, I'm going to do something and I'll be easing into a full boil. Quite a daunting thought. He is a gentle, loving God who only wants the best for me, right? I have to remember that. He LOVES me. Yet, he's had the flame on simmer for some time. But just like it's so easy to get used to the sting of a steamy, hot shower, so it is with that simmer. You just get used to it and you can stand it. Well, I guess he noticed and has decided to turn up the heat a little. I know I have a high tolerance for discomfort. I just ignore it, thinking there must be something wrong with me. My usual modus operandi. But God says no to that. He uses discomfort as a simmer in the soul, as if to say I am going to do a new work in you. I am going to turn that discomfort into something amazing. Amazing? Really? That discomfort starts to take on a name or two. Things that can be defined if we really take a look at what's simmering. For me it looks like inner conflict with a mixture of not so nice emotions. Right now, I really can't imagine God making all of that turn out amazing. But he's the one with the vision and plan, and I have to trust that. He's got work to do in me and I have to choose to be still, to listen and to cooperate. I need to put my guard down, to let him turn the heat up to a full boil and wait for something amazing. This could take a long time.
Is there anything simmering in you?
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
Is there anything simmering in you?
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
Whatever you're dealing with right now, Re, I trust that you'll follow the path that God has intended for you to follow, and you'll come out even stronger and better than before. We are all a work in progress, simmering away.
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