This week on Small Beginnings with Sara, I’m sharing what God has been showing me through the storms.
After weeks of heavy rain, flooding creeks, lightning, and strong winds here in Texas, a massive walnut tree behind our home lost several huge branches. The landscape changed overnight. The canopy opened. The birds and squirrels noticed it immediately. And standing there beneath those broken branches, I felt God whisper something so deeply to my heart:
“Sometimes when the storms come, they remove what was blocking your view of Me.”
In this episode, I share about the reality that storms will come in life. Grief comes. Loss comes. Disappointment comes. But the question is not if storms will come. The question is: What are we anchored to when they do?
We dive into the powerful words of Habakkuk 3:17–19:
“Though the fig tree does not bud… yet I will rejoice in the Lord.”
Even when nothing visible looks fruitful…
Even when prayers feel unanswered…
Even when the fields feel empty…
Yet I will rejoice.
I talk about the difference between thanksgiving and praise, how thanksgiving remembers God’s faithfulness, and how praise declares who He is, regardless of our circumstances. Sometimes praise is a sacrifice. Sometimes it is worship in the middle of heartbreak. Sometimes it is thanking God before the breakthrough ever comes.
This episode is a reminder that storms may change the landscape, but they never change the faithfulness of God.
If you are walking through uncertainty, grief, waiting, or a hard season, I pray this episode encourages you to anchor yourself in thanksgiving and praise and reminds you that God is still steady in the middle of the storm.
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