The stress was real. Family drama threatened to drown weekend joy. With my mind focused on the drama, I was feeling pressure; I was drifting from truth, my heart was straying. NOT GOOD! What was the cure? How could I live with this reality? Feelings of hopelessness flooded my mind.

“I don’t need to be good enough.
I need to be good with God being enough.”
Ruth Chou Simons

Nailed it … I was not feeling good enough. I so wanted to offer a solution, to put the drama to death. I prayed. Sometimes God responds on my cell phone! Yes, really. (Every day a scripture pops up on my home screen. God knew I needed this one at that time.)

“Wait for the LORD;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the LORD!”
Psalm 27:14

I needed to return to that truth.
I needed to return to God.
I needed to receive His wisdom.
I needed to trust.

That scripture became the truth I prayed when the drama thoughts crept into my consciousness. I desperately needed to return to it. I desperately needed to trust God and not my wisdom. I needed to receive the truth of that message. Two other scriptures complimented it.

“Make me to know your ways, O LORD;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth …
for you I wait.”
Psalm 25:4, 5

“Now to him who is able to do
far more abundantly
than all we ask or think,”
Ephesians 3:20 (Italics mine)

In the mid 90’s there were two words floating through the Christian community, God-sightings. We’d ask our then teen sons at dinner, what their God-sightings were that day, where did they see God at work.

Those truths from Psalms and Ephesians were my God-sightings that weekend. God orchestrated two couples who know the Lord’s love to come beside me, to encourage, and to walk with me in my reality. They helped me return to God and receive His wisdom.

God whispered:
Sue, do you have it all figured out how I’m going to work and answer your prayers? NO!
Sue, might you be open to trusting my ways which might totally surprise you? YES!
Sue, could it be that my plans will take a totally different trajectory?
Sue, what would it look like for you to return to me and receive my wisdom?

“I don’t need to be good enough.
I need to be good with God being enough.”
Thank you Ruth Chou Simons. Your wisdom was the beginning of this story.

Copyright: Sue Tell, September 2023