Category: Trusting
-
Trusting God With What’s Next
I am so thankful for God’s blessings on me recently. I have not been posting blogs or podcasts because my days have been very full. I have been spending time with the people here in the congregation and working more hours at the daycare since returning home from Kenya. Today,…
-
“I’m Sorry for Settling”
Imagine one day looking Jesus in the eyes and having to say, “I’m sorry for not fulfilling everything You had planned for me. I’m sorry for settling just because being comfortable felt easier than being obedient.” That thought is hard, because deep down we know it’s possible to live our…
-
Health Update: Learning to Trust Again
I knew it was always a possibility for my illness to come back. I told myself that so many times before. But deep down, I didn’t really expect it to. I thought it was a season; one that had ended. Something I survived and could finally move on from. I…
-
When You Don’t Know How to Pray
Today has been one of those days where prayer has felt confusing. I’ve found myself sitting in silence, not really knowing what words to say. My heart feels full, yet my thoughts feel scattered. I’ve been asking God not just for answers, but for help even in knowing how to…
-
Trusting His Character
Yesterday I shared about the heavy burdens I’ve been carrying and how God has been gently reminding me to surrender. To lay it all down instead of trying to fix or figure it all out on my own. The part my mind keeps circling back to is once we’ve surrendered,…
-
When God Answers, and the Road Turns Again
There are moments when we pour out our hearts before God, begging Him for a breakthrough, a door to open, or a situation to change. And then, almost miraculously, it happens. The prayer we whispered in the dark is answered. Relief floods in, joy rushes over us, and for a…
-
Seek Ye First
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 I think sometimes we read that verse and nod our heads, but then go right back to stressing about everything in life. The truth is, worry comes so…
-
When Change Hurts but Growth is Waiting
Change is one of those things that we don’t get to escape. It comes in so many ways—sometimes gently like the shifting of the seasons, and other times like a storm that knocks the wind out of us. Today I found myself on the phone, crying in a way I…
-
When the Mirror Tells the Truth
We all have mirrors in our lives.Some are the glass kind hanging on our walls.Others are the quiet reflections we catch in our hearts—those moments when we stop and think, who am I really? Too often, we look in the wrong mirror. We let the words of others, our mistakes,…
-
Trusting—In the Middle
There’s a space in life that often goes unnoticed until we find ourselves stuck in it—the middle. It’s the place after the door has closed behind us, but before the next one opens. The middle of what was and what will be. It’s the in-between, the waiting room of life.…
Upendo Ministries 