Entrusted
Sophie - October 11, 2009
I just woke up from a big ole Sunday afternoon nap, so I'm pretty sure that I won't be going to sleep tonight until approximately 4 in the morning. But three nights in a row of lots of late-night talking and very little sleeping will take a toll on a girl.
On the drive home today I had a chance to really think about and process some of what we studied this past weekend at Living Proof Live in Memphis. I always leave events impacted and changed, but as a friend of mine said yesterday, there was something about this one - and I'm still figuring out exactly what it was - that felt very much like a wrecking ball. Maybe it's because I just celebrated the big 4-0; maybe it's because of some personal junk that I'm working through right now. But regardless: WRECKING BALL.
Yesterday in Memphis Beth mentioned something she's been struggling with this year, and she said that for the first time in her life, God has entrusted her with that particular challenge. Her choice of words made a huge impression on me as we sat in the arena, but as I made my way down highway 78 this morning, they really settled into my heart and started to take root.
Entrusted.
There have been certainly been times in my life when I have walked through a difficult season and thought about how God must have allowed a particular trial for my benefit and for His glory. But I don't think I've ever looked at a trial as something that God has entrusted to me, as something that He has put into my care.
And I'll tell you what: when I was driving down the highway today and started to think about hardships from that particular perspective, it took all of about two minutes before I felt the tears welling up in my eyes.
Because that illness? That grief? That thing you feel like you can't tell a soul? That relationship that breaks your heart? That physical difficulty? That shame from a long time ago? That whatever-it-is that's weighing heavy on you right now?
He hasn't just allowed it. He has entrusted us with it. We are responsible for what we do with it. There is purpose in that thing.
And I don't know about you, but that has rocked my world all day long.
"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." - 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
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Comments (28)
whew girl. I hear you. That same thing jumped out to me as well. I have a feeling that I will be processing A LOT for quite some time. :)
It was so good to see you! stephanie
Posted on October 11, 2009 7:42 PM
Wow - I’m amazed at how God works every day in my life. I haven’t looked at my RSS feeds on my computer for months and today, I decided to. When I read your post, it brought back so much from my recent trip to Deeper Still with Beth, Priscilla and Kay. For the last 4-5 years, God has been “entrusting” me with so much and I was so overwhelmed to begin with; however, through much prayer and reliance on the only thing that I should ever rely on, Him, I am so much stronger and see things from an eternal perspective now instead of an earthly one. One of the most awesome things about how God worked through all of this is that my journey began at a Beth Moore conference in Raleigh, NC 4 years ago and came full circle at Deeper Still in Greensboro, NC in August. I’m so glad God used Beth (and the others) in the way that He has. What a journey!
Posted on October 11, 2009 8:11 PM
This was the moment of the conference that affected me most. I’ve been dealing with some very painful back/leg problems for months now. (Which, by the way, I hope it wasn’t distracting that I was shifting in my seat every .5 seconds right in front of you. Haha!) I’m such a baby, and it’s been really hard for me to handle. I find myself always feeling sorry for myself, and I need to stop! I know that it was God’s will that I be put into this position, but hearing that I’ve been entrusted with this? Well, that just about kicked my butt.
Posted on October 11, 2009 8:56 PM
A friend pointed me here. Tears in my eyes too. Entrusted. Wow.
Posted on October 11, 2009 9:49 PM
Oh what a difference a WORD makes. I could just cry thinking about it and applying it to my experiences of the past and present. And I can’t even begin to imagine how drastically that concept will change the way I view all the different paths and situations God has for me in the future. A life-changing perspective for sure.
Dear Lord, make us trustworthy!
Posted on October 11, 2009 11:33 PM
“Entrusted” makes you look at it from an entirely different point of view - doesn’t it. Thank you so much for sharing that! I spent the better part of the spring and summer struggling to recover from a broken friendship. It sounds minor, but it was so painful. I would not want to have to repeat the past several months, but oh, how God has grown me over that time.
Posted on October 12, 2009 6:26 AM
I was there also and totally agree that I will be processing all that info. for awhile, but the thing that jumped out at me was that not only did God entrust the pain(whether physical or emotional) to me, if I don’t let it go and give it to Him, I will idolize the pain and never move on to what He has for me.
Posted on October 12, 2009 6:36 AM
so. in. my. life. right. now.
yup.
‘nough said.
((hugs))
Posted on October 12, 2009 7:23 AM
Beautiful word. I’m sharing this with friends.
Posted on October 12, 2009 7:46 AM
Yep…hit me smack in the face. HE has entrusted me with this season. I’m crying over that thought too. A whole new perspective huh?
We are ALL gonna make it.
Love you much! Fran
Posted on October 12, 2009 8:05 AM
Hey Sophie,
When Beth uttered the word “entrusted”, I audibly gasped. I had a thousand situations run through my mind that were each altered to look differently in the light of it. Instead of being challenged BY a trial, I’ve been charged WITH it!
When I entrust someone with something, it’s typically something that’s precious to me. Could it be that when God entrusts challenges to us, it’s because WE are precious to HIM? He knows what they can do FOR us, if we let them?
So good to see you…give that sweet Martha a hug. :o)
Melinda
Posted on October 12, 2009 8:09 AM
This was my first Living Proof Live and I was absolutely overwhelmed…I heard that word “entrusted” as well and it certainly puts a new spin on the last 2 years of my life. And praise God for that. :)
S-
Posted on October 12, 2009 8:18 AM
Whew. That’s a pretty awesome word(Word!)…so wish I had been there. Can’t wait to read what else y’all have to share from the weekend!
Posted on October 12, 2009 8:48 AM
Man! I am still working through the weekend…there were soo many great things said this weekend, it’ll be days before I feel I fully get it! You right though, the whole entrusted thing was intense. Changes the way I look at soo many things going on in my life right now!
It was such a great weekend! I just loved seeing everyone and meeting new people! It was great to hug your neck and meeting your sweet Mother in Law…I loved hearing how excited she was about it all! So sweet!
Love y’all! Nikki
Posted on October 12, 2009 9:27 AM
Yep. Can’t stop thinking about it. What a great and freeing thought!!
Posted on October 12, 2009 9:30 AM
Wow! I have been singing since I left the FedEx building! Whew…. so many things to take in! Sophie I LOVED the Entrusted part too! What a beautiful way to look at it! I just settled down with my bible and all my notes a cup a coffee ready to dig in… praying Jesus will just dig deep and let me be ALTERED by all the disclosures we learned!
Lord Jesus let ALL of us be altered by these truths! Let us not be the same!
*Loved seeing everyone! Lunch was such a treat! : ) If anyone posted their notes on their blog will you all go to my blog and let me know… I love to compare to see what I missed! Thanks! Emmy : )
Posted on October 12, 2009 9:41 AM
Sophie, This was the deepest moment for me all weekend…the idea that God was just allowing things to happen to me as if He’s up there wondering what I’m going to do with this or that circumstance, but that He entrusts me with different seasons and situations in this life…i believe, ultimately to allow myself to glorify Him better, more! His care for us in these dfficult times is what blows me away! It is often in the most distressing seasons of life that I feel His loving comfort so tangibly…this weekend was one of those times! I am so thankful that He provides days of encouragement and rejuvination!
Posted on October 12, 2009 10:03 AM
Entrusted, yes indeed He has. And girl, did that blow me away when she spoke that particular word over us. So much detail and so many words to write down and take in and process. Father, may we not walk away unchanged by the wild God chase we were on this past weekend!
Posted on October 12, 2009 10:34 AM
Wow, I really needed to read that today. This year my husband and I have been through many trials and just this morning I was talking with someone about how God has used each of those trials for His glory. He has a plan. I need to continue to remember that as trials even this weekend continue in our path.
Posted on October 12, 2009 11:42 AM
Entrusted. That one smacked me down. I’ve never looked at it that way. Amazing what a change of perspective does for one. I’m awed and humbled at His amazing grace and mercy.
Posted on October 12, 2009 1:18 PM
ummm. wow. that really does put a spin on things, now doesn’t it. ~tears~ it kinda changes everything…
Posted on October 12, 2009 7:30 PM
I wasn’t at Memphis, but I was at an event a couple weeks ago with Anne Graham Lotz. She told the story of a brown package she got from her mother years ago. In the package was a basket filled with colorful tissue paper. Not knowing any better, she threw out the tissue paper and thought that her mother had just sent her a basket. She later found out (and thankfully before the trash was emptied) that in the paper was the true gift - a direct link to the palace of Queen Esther! She then turned the story back to us basically saying that God gives us the brown packages - that contain HIS Glory! He “entrusts” us with them. We’re to embrace the brown packages and praise Him for them! There’s a blessing in the darkness! (in Exodus, God’s presence was in the cloud!)
Posted on October 12, 2009 7:47 PM
Thank you for sharing that! I really needed that word ENTRUSTED today. God is so faithful, I have tears in my eyes as I write this post. He is one God for everyone! Have a blessed day!
Posted on October 13, 2009 7:31 AM
It almost makes it a comfort that God entrusts me…I’m a big girl now. Especially with some things that have been there for a while just being swept under the rug or shoved in the back of the closet.
Posted on October 13, 2009 1:29 PM
Yep…wrecking ball! I had never thought of God entrusting me with the burdens and such, but when you think about it that way, it just turns everything on it’s head.
And it’s apparent that He thinks really highly of me. :)
Posted on October 13, 2009 11:36 PM
Thank you for sharing this! It was a great reminder when I didn’t even know I needed it!
Posted on October 14, 2009 6:28 PM
This was soooooo great!!!!!!! So profound and alot to digest here!
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