I have a big window in front of my kitchen sink, and about two months ago I began propping a hymn book on the windowsill. It gets stuck on one page for a while and I sing the same song over and over while I wash the dishes, or sometimes I turn from one page to the next trying to find a song that fits the day.
Lately it has been open to the song, I Know Whom I Have Believed.
I haven’t changed it for a while because I’ve been thinking about the words of that song and it has been so meaningful to me. It’s such a statement of faith and just what I need going into the new year.
This year has been a full one, and honestly for me a rather dry one spiritually. There has been a lot of doubt and wrestling and searching and repenting and sometimes just dry spells where life got busy and I let my relationship with God hit the back burner.
But going into 2020, even though there are many things I don’t know, and times when I’m plagued by doubts about different issues, yet I know Whom I believe in.
Wishing you all a blessed New Year.
“I Know Whom I Have Believed”
I know not why God’s wondrous grace to me He hath made known, Nor why unworthy Christ in love redeemed me for his own.
But I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto Him against that day.
Thank you and blessings in the journey.
That is a beautiful, honest, post, Tabitha. I know what it is to struggle with doubt and dry times, especially when my body and soul are weary. Your body is also processing a lot of changes and demands.
I often ask God to protect me and my family from damaging doubt. I will pray that for you as well. I will ask Him to draw you closer to Him as He walks with you through your times of processing and questioning. Good for you for encouraging yourself through song!
Thanks Mim! I really appreciate the prayers.