Neverending Storms, Neverending God

I’ve been trying to process a conversation I had with someone I hadn’t seen in many years. I think it would make a great story or a nice post if only I can figure out the lesson.

I want to share it, but not leave it where it left me. The conversation forced me to remember some storms typhoons I weathered. Events in my life that I hadn’t thought about in some time. Experiences that I’ve given up to God and moved on from.

And I cried. I bawled my eyes out, and I can’t write a post that ends in tears. In unresolved processing. In remembering pain.

But in the midst of processing that conversation, the blogosphere seem to be overflow with the same theme. The same whisper that blew into my heart.

God’s not finished with me yet. Trust Him.

“I’m starting to discover we don’t have to ask God to work in our lives because he is already doing so,” Holley Gerth.

“Life 100% guarantees you troubles but you have a 100% warranty that God is with you,” Ann Voskamp, A Holy Experience.

“I’m a work in progress…He covers me in grace,” Misty, The Barn Princess.

“God has brought so much beauty where there were once ashes…My feelings of discouragement and despair have been replaced with a song of praise,” Tarissa, Introverted Mama.

“I’m talking about facing our fears – whatever they may be, letting God carry us through them safely, and thanking God when we get to the other side,” Kim Fernando, Pray Live Create.

“This will probably always be something I need to walk through, making decisions out of love rather than from fear. I can’t prevent storms from coming, but I can decide not to invent my own,” Emily P. Freeman, Chatting At The Sky.

I realized I cried not because I was still hurt, but I cried for the girl who was hurt. And I realized that there are many little girly hearts hurting today.

We think that our past is firmly in our past. We’ve given it all up to God. We’re okay now. Stronger than before.

Then the smallest little thing brings it all back. Like one tiny question in a conversation with someone you haven’t seen in years.

And we wonder why we’re still in the middle of a storm. We wonder if there’s an end to the crashing waves. When will Jesus command them to be still?

The storms may never stop, but God will never stop either. (Click to Tweet) He will never stop being with you. He will never stop holding your hand. He will never stop redeeming you. He will never stop delivering you from the storms.

God is not finished with you. God is not finished with me. Let’s trust Him and His plans.

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