Trust God Knows and Trust God's No's

There was a day in the not so distant past that tried to overwhelm us. As a household. Which means, I feel, that the enemy was trying to break down our walls and shake our faith. 

The baby wasn't sleeping well during the challenges that presented themselves, so I was teetering on an emotion-driven cliff of exhaustion. The body shop/insurance company from an accident we were in on vacation totaled our car and we needed to buy a new car and have a car payment all over again when we worked so hard to reduce our debt to try to buy/build a house.

​Speaking of the house, the city denied our permits and we can no longer build the home on the land we've been planning towards since before our baby was born.

So, like I said, there was a day, in the not so distant past that tried to overwhelm us. 

I learned through prayers and tears that we need to trust God's no's, and trust God knows our future and His plans for us better than we do. As hard of a pill as it is to swallow, we weren't meant to build that small family homestead with the big tree, pool and garden. It wasn't meant to be our place as much as we could picture ourselves raising our tribe there. 

We need to lean in to God and let Him continue to lead and show us where He sees us and trust that whatever that looks like is better than our best vision.