Messiness is okay...

Here is a quote from the Orange Conference last week. I would love to hear your thoughts! How do you see God blessing you in the messiness of your life?

"Just because ur life is messy doesn't mean God isn't blessing you. Maybe he can trust u with messiness."

Here are some ways my life is messy, but God is definitely blessing me through them:

1. I was a kid without a dad, terrified to get married, scared to be a mom -- knew God was calling me to all -- learning to trust Him & be intentional in all areas. And, now I also get to watch my husband be one of the best dads I know!!

2. In the last twelve years I have led student, elementary, and preschool small groups -- that's a lot of mess! And, I have a lot of amazing stories of redemption, forgiveness, excitement, and God answering prayers!

3. I am about to have four kids under five, an absolute mess!!! Some say we are crazy! Maybe. But, not one of my kids is an accident. My heart smiles every day from the joy my kids bring me. It also exhausts me. But, God is providing me strength, encouragement from other moms, an amazing hubby, a church that wants to partner with me, and so many other blessings. It really is a blast!

I am pretty sure my life is messy in lots of other ways, but those are three that came straight to my mind when I heard the quote!

Comments

[Beth Webb]

Lisa, we definitely go through different types of messiness in different seasons of life...it's nice to see moms who have done a bit better than survive! So, thanks for sharing.

[Lisa Gifford]

I think as I've gotten older, and my life has begun to "unpack" so to speak, the messiness of it is starting to clean up. Like you, we had children very close together, at one time, 3 in diapers. Such a whirlwind that was. Now that they're older and I can see the amazing adults they are becoming, I now see God's blessings shine through more than I ever did then.

I think of the emotional and psychological mess I was just 4 short years ago, and how I have grown since then, and the ways that God has worked in my life through that time, and I'm amazed. Yet another mess that is becoming well polished.

We had some serious financial messiness, about 2 years ago, and again, with God's blessings it too is being cleaned up. I can now begin to see over the heap that's sitting there.

Now, I'm sure that there is most likely several other messes to come down the road, and I welcome them if only to see the amazing things that God works through them. However, for the moment it's been nice to look retrospectively at the messes I've gone through and be able to see the blessings that have come from each one.