OUR AWESOME GOD

Trusting in God, Not in Our Understanding

By Jenni Halseth

This year, God has been working in particularly dramatic ways in our lives. We practically just stand back in amazement and watch to see what He will do next!  He is an awesome God who is filled with mystery, wisdom and power.  He owes us nothing, yet He gives us everything we need.   

There was the day we received notice about discontinued financial support from a significant long standing church donor.  Then there was the day we realized God was calling us to look into becoming missionaries in the UK.  And then came the day He made it clear we are not now to move to the UK, but instead to be found faithful right exactly where He has us.  Mixed in with it all has been our heart to start an adoption and how all these things have played into that decision.  It has by no means been a dull year of ministry for the Halseth family! We want to end by sharing a quote we recently read from Desiring God Ministries which has spoken to us: 

“Much of the Christian life is spent trusting Jesus now and understanding him later. Jesus typically does not feel it necessary to explain on the front-end why he is doing something the way he is doing it… Our understanding his purposes in a particular providence tends to be not as important to God as our trust in his character. So together let’s continue to “trust in the Lord with all our heart, and… not lean on our own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5). Because one day we will understand. And we will, with great joy, proclaim, “The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.” (Psalms 145:17)

Thanks for praying and hanging in there with us through thick and thin. We are so incredibly grateful for all your love and encouragement!