Do you feel like you’re in a desert? Maybe wandering. Maybe hiding. Maybe alone or empty or worn down. Hungry, longing, reaching, walking…

Desperate for Jesus, Joy in the Hard Things, ParentingBecky BennettJune 9, 2016Desert, Dry Season, Faith, WalkingComment

From your knees to your feet.

I stayed low. I stayed on my knees, in my heart even when I couldn't touch my physical knees to the ground. I stayed near to the One I knew would carry me through, whatever that looked like.

He's there, my friend. In the pain and the lack and the letting go. He never leaves. He pierces the darkness with His powerful, beautiful Presence.

Desperate for Jesus, Joy in the Hard ThingsBecky BennettJune 1, 2016Prayer, Hope, Joy, CRPS, Pain, WalkingComment

When you want to kick and scream..

I keep reminding myself that this is just a phase—that he will outgrow it. But, the truth is, I have still not outgrown the desire to cry and yell and sometimes throw myself down in a fit of rage.

Why you CAN ask God, "Why?"

One of the most quintessential things about children is their curiosity. It's the fact that they ask, "Why?" And they ask it again. And again. And again.

They want to understand. They crave knowledge. They are hungry to learn.

If God wants us to have child-like faith, then it looks to me like He's willing to entertain our questions and our pleas for understanding...

Desperate for Jesus, CRPS, Joy in the Hard Things, ParentingBecky BennettMay 25, 2016story, it is well, asking why, childrenComment

God always finishes what He starts.

Are you weary, worn out, wondering, worried?

I need something to lift the pressure. Do you?

Are you messing up God's plan?

...Sometimes, the things we hate the most are the very things we let take God’s rightful place in our lives. It takes a shocking amount of energy and focus to hate something. Especially when that something is yourself.

...Someone told me that God actually had a pretty big problem with the way I thought about myself. “You hate what God loves,” this person told me. And it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Your Prayers Work.

God is so faithful. He always hears. His answers don't always make sense to us, but He always hears. And He is good.

CRPS, Joy in the Hard Things, Desperate for JesusBecky BennettApril 13, 2016Pain, crps, Prayer, Healing, Walking, ThankfulComment

When Your Fears Become Your Reality

This week, I met one of my what-if’s face-to-face. My fear became my reality.

“The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing,”

(Zephaniah 3:17).

CRPS, Desperate for Jesus, Joy in the Hard ThingsBecky BennettApril 8, 2016crps, hospital, nerve block, seizure, what if, even if, fear, thankful, surrenderComment

If You Could Only Ask One Thing

One thing...

What would it take? What would we have to let go of? What would we need to surrender? What would we have to quit doing? What would we need to stop asking?

{I'm having the first of a series of three more nerve blocks tomorrow. And I'm laying down fear to ask God for this one thing.}