So you've stumbled upon my blog and want to know just what the title means ? My first post explains it best:
If I were to ask my closest friends and family to describe me in a word, I'm pretty sure I know what they'd say. "Organized, routine, planned, etc." Our society sees these as positive attributes, but how do they look in the eyes of God? I'm not saying we shouldn’t be organized and planned, but what I’m saying is that if we take these to the extremes, most times, we leave God out. Not intentionally, at least I don’t, but my desire to CONTROL turns into my inability to trust.
If I were to ask my closest friends and family to describe me in a word, I'm pretty sure I know what they'd say. "Organized, routine, planned, etc." Our society sees these as positive attributes, but how do they look in the eyes of God? I'm not saying we shouldn’t be organized and planned, but what I’m saying is that if we take these to the extremes, most times, we leave God out. Not intentionally, at least I don’t, but my desire to CONTROL turns into my inability to trust.
A few months ago I read a post by Oswald Chambers that struck me to the core. You can read it here. Chambers writes “Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life—gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.” Well slap me silly and call me convicted. I have been trying my hardest to be certain about everything, in turn, missing the mark.
So why isn’t your blog called “gracious uncertainty?” Two reasons 1. That name was already taken 2. “cherished” resonates deeper for me. I am gracious for what God has done and continues to do in my life, but more than that, I cherish his faithfulness. I cherish the knowledge that even if “we are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God,” anything is possible.
By now you’re probably thinking, “You’ve written two separate blogs in the past and given up on both, why is this different?” It’s actually very simple. I never prayed over the blogs. I never turned them over to God. I was in control, not He. I was so worried about what my “readers”(I think there were 2 of you) thought and then when I saw or felt like no one was reading my blogs, I stopped writing. My intention now is to only write what God puts on my heart. Will every post overflow with golden nuggets of wisdom? Um, no. God, more often than not, makes himself known when I get caught up in my ohsoexciting “commonsense life.”
I am completely uncertain about where this blog will go, or even if it will be read. But I cherish knowing “that in all things God works for the good of those who love him” Romans 8:28
And I do love him, with every single bit of cherished uncertainty I have.
