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Look at the birds of the air ...
Are you not worth much more?
+ Jesus
Faithfulness is not a formula.
Most of us carry
quiet formulas in our hearts.
If we love well,
pray faithfully,
walk with Jesus, and
try our best,
then life should unfold
the way we hoped it would.
But when the story turns
in a direction
we never saw coming,
something deep inside us rattles.
We replay conversations
we wish we could edit.
We wonder if a different choice
might have changed
what hurts now.
We feel the sting
between what we prayed for and
what came to be.
Here is the truth
I am slowly learning:
Faithfulness
is not a formula.
Scripture never treats
obedience as a formula.
It calls us to trust.
It calls us to surrender.
It calls us to commit
our way to the Lord.
(Psalm 37:5)
Even Jesus prayed
in Gethsemane,
"Not My will, but
Yours be done."
(Luke 22:42)
Doing the right things
does not place in control.
It places us
in a posture of dependence
on the God
who sees the whole story.
And that is mercy,
not disappointment.
If obedience
cannot guarantee the outcome,
then our failures
cannot destroy the story either.
God is not confused
by the detours.
He is not surprised
by the turns.
He holds
what we cannot hold together.
Surrender is looking at
what did not go the way
you imagined and saying,
"Lord, I trust You,
no matter what."
It is unclenching your grip
on the outcomes you thought
you could shape.
It is remembering
that you follow a Shepherd
who sees what you cannot.
If your story is not unfolding
the way you expected,
know this:
God is still writing
in the places you cannot yet see.
Even in the unraveling
of your expectations,
His goodness remains steady
beneath your feet.
Lord, meet us
in the places
that do not make sense.
Quiet our fear,
steady our hearts, and
help us trust You with
what we cannot see.
Amen.
+ Amy Bunting,
12/1/25
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| By Amy Bunting at Daughter of Delight, 12/1/25 |
You are not as stuck as you feel.
Hopelessness is lying to you
about your future
because it is terrified
of what God is about to do in you.
You survived nights
that should have killed you and
seasons that should have broken you.
That is evidence that
there is still a calling on your life.
God has never needed
perfect circumstances
to resurrect anything.
He only needs a willing heart and
one more breath of faith.
Your story is not over.
And the next chapter
will make sense of battles
you thought were pointless.
+ Chris Durso,
12/3/25
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With presence and peace in Christ,
Rev. Mike “Sully” Sullivan
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