We have a new worship song we’ve been singing lately at church written by one of our members after the same sermon months ago that set my prayers for housing to be framed as God calming the storm instead of bailing me out of the situation. I love belting out the line, “Where I am does not change who You are.” I’m sitting in the back of church writing this post listening to the worship band practice for tonight’s service playing this song. It’s beautiful.
I still don’t have a place to live.
God is still the same.
Jesus is still worth it.
Life can have a lot of things going on. I also entered into church this morning, and the greeter was a young adult who’d bought me a pack of Avengers bandaids so we could put on some awesome characters for whimsy.
This week included a milestone for my loved one that started my #weeklyforwhimsy movement, and I loved celebrating with her last night as she and I talked about her wild walk home from work and how the broken system that’s caused her some harm provided the perfect illustration for my message on 2 Corinthians and then we also rambled on a bit about the writing project she’s inspired me to take on in my free time. Talking with this precious TCK is always a positive for me. Another positive today was that after church, I got gelato with another precious TCK. (Bonus: there is a CCK leading worship right now alongside her Aussie mum.)
The housing stressor and some disability annoyances are always buzzing in the background, but they pale in comparison with the God who doesn’t quit and gives me all these good gifts. I get to sit here now listening to one of my favourite Te Reo worship songs inviting more of the Spirit of God into my life.
Praise God for my local prayer warrior who messages me once or twice a week to encourage me that she’s still praying for my housing situation and checking on updates. There’s another viewing for me to go to on Tuesday, and I still have this wild and crazy faith in a God who raises the dead that my itty bitty housing crisis is going to work out just fine. Look how far he’s brought me; he’s not going to drop me now.
