One of the really awesome things about God is that He doesn’t expect us to know it all. 🙂
I have been contemplating this week the ministry of the Holy Spirit when we see a problem, but don’t know what to do about it.
We pray. We do pray, don’t we? Yes, but sometimes we don’t know what to pray for, even. Then we feel discouraged because we don’t even know what to say or what we need.
God talks about that! That’s what I’ve been thinking about.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:24-27
Today I’m thanking God for the Holy Spirit, who knows far better than I do what I need. When I pray imperfectly, he intercedes perfectly on my behalf. Thus, I can pray confidently, even though I don’t have the confidence that I know the will of God in all things. I’m reminding myself that while I’m not worrying about tomorrow, I do need to be seeking God’s Kingdom. That means faithful time in the Word, reminding myself what is important to God, obeying the things I know to be God’s Will. He’ll take care of all the things out of my understanding and control.
I like your new look! You wrote your “about me” 4 years ago today! Is it your anniversary? I only had one problem. There used to be a HOME button on the top so when I got into an old entry I could go back to the most recent one by clicking on home. I finally went to the little calendar on the side and was able to get back to here, but I liked the home button. Just a thought. I really like seeing the recent comments on the side again! Keep up the good work Michelle!
Thanks, Laura!
I’ve been annoyed at the old sidebar for awhile now. I couldn’t figure out how to get the comments back in the old theme, so I decided just to change themes. 🙂 I’ll see about putting in the home button. In the meantime, you can also click on my blog name at the top. My first blog post was before my about me page– I’ll have to fix the calendar so it is easier to find particular dates and years. 🙂 Thanks again for the feedback.
I like this post Michelle. I am really struggling with the, “twos,” right now, and lots of episodes of direct defiance, compounded by the fact my daughter is an extrovert and talking constantly till I feel like my introvert ears want to explode. 🙂 It is really hard to be motivated to spend time in the Word as when I finally get peace and quiet I tend to want to use the time to, “veg,” out, when I really need be asking God for help and guidance to make it through this time. Lack of sleep isn’t helping. We’ve worked hard at sleep training both kids, but they never seem to sleep through the night at the same time(!) and I’m exhausted. 🙂 Your new look is nice.
I love that God gave us opposites to challenge us. 🙂 And well do I remember that half-sane feeling from sleep deprivation. Most of the time that feeling dissipated around a baby’s first birthday. Really huge boost of sanity for me came when they were potty trained! I’m glad our God knows what we need. I’m praying for you tonight.
p.s. it would help if I could finally drink caffeinated coffee. (I can’t while nursing, it seems to go right to the milk and then the baby really doesn’t sleep. First one was the same way. :P)
Thank you for praying Michelle. I actually got sleep the last two nights! I liked the title about not knowing what to do since that’s how I feel much of the time. We’ve been establishing who’s boss which is very unpleasant and causing me to second guess myself a lot.