Hey friend!

Welcome back to Tales of Grace, and this is Abide Mondays!

I know it’s been a minute, and while I wish I had a good excuse, the truth is, I don’t. I’m sorry to everyone who expected a blog post every Monday morning. Honestly, I haven’t been writing simply because I haven’t felt like writing. And to be real with you… I still don’t feel like writing.

But lately, I’ve been convicted about how much I’ve been worshiping my feelings. I’ve only been doing things when I feel like doing them, and that’s not good. At least not for me. Because feelings change. They’re fickle. They come and go.

Please don’t hear what I’m not saying, my feelings are valid. They show me what’s going on in my heart. But they aren’t meant to lead me. That’s the Holy Spirit’s job.

This morning, I was reminded of the story in 2 Kings 4:18–37, about the Shunammite woman whose son had just died. When her husband asked why she was going to see Elisha, the man of God, she simply replied, “All is well.” Later, when Elisha’s servant Gehazi asked if everything was well with her, her husband, and her son, she answered again, “It is well.”

Those words weren’t just polite responses. They were declarations of faith. She was holding on to hope even in the face of loss. She refused to let her situation define her response, she clung to the goodness of God even in the middle of grief and confusion.

And that reminded me of the story behind the hymn It Is Well with My Soul. Horatio Spafford wrote those words after losing his four daughters in a shipwreck. In the depths of unimaginable sorrow, he penned a song of worship. Just like the Shunammite woman, he chose to declare truth by faith, even before his heart could catch up.

Sometimes we’re called to do the same. To sing and declare that it is well until our soul believes it again. Faith often leads where feelings are still catching up.

I don’t know where you find yourself this morning.
Maybe you’re in the valley and struggling to feel or see the goodness of God. I pray you’ll declare over yourself that the Lord is good. Say it until you see it.

Maybe you’re on the mountain top. If so, I pray you’ll lift up His Name in praise!

Or maybe… you’re just in the in-between, the everyday, the mundane. I pray that you’ll still offer Him praise, because He is worthy of all honor, in every season.

I don’t know what this week holds, but I do know this:
Let’s choose to pray, worship, and praise the One who is always worthy.

Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father,
You are worthy of all my praise and worship. All my affection and devotion belongs to You and You alone.
Thank You that You are God of the valley, the mundane, and the mountaintop. Thank You that my life is forever held in Your gracious hand.
Holy Spirit, remind me daily to walk by faith and not by sight. Lead me and guide me all the days of my life.
I love You, Lord. Amen.

Have a blessed week, friend.

With all my love,
Tales of Grace

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