This is a blog post I read this week by Mark Batterson.  He is a pastor of a church in Washington DC and was notified a couple weeks ago that they can no longer meet in Union Station for their services.  He is now looking for a new place to hold their church meetings, and the post below reveals what God has been teaching him through it all.  It goes hand-in-hand with my previous post on No Boys Allowed, and I hope his words make you think as much as they have made me think!  

“Here is a lesson I’m learning. When you are spiritually immature, you find the greatest peace when you’re in comfortable circumstances. But as you grow spiritually, comfort makes you uncomfortable. I’m honestly not trying to “spin” the situation we’re in looking for a replacement for Union Station. But I can honestly say that I have a peace that passes understanding. After a little grieving, I’m strangely energized by our predicament. Here’s the bottom line: we ought to be most peaceful in circumstances that require divine intervention. Why? Because all the pressure is off of us. There is nothing we can do about it.

Are you at peace? Is it because you are comfortable? Or is it because you’re in a situation that requires a miracle? All of us want a miracle, but most of us don’t want to be in situations that necessitate one! I think spiritual maturity manifests itself as peace in impossible circumstances because of an unconditional and uncircumstantial trust in God.”

Let’s apply this to our own lives ladies!

Michelle