A few days ago, I shared with you how the Lord was teaching me that He alone is my Solid Rock, my Firm Foundation, my Jesus forever.  My husband is not my solid rock (although he is handsomely solid   ), nor is the house, our paychecks, our families, my friends – nothing this world offers can ever be any kind of solid rock as much as it might appear that way.  This morning, I learned even more how God has been working this lesson in me.  Read on.

Today, I finally finished a Bible study I had been working through for quite some time by Catherine Martin called Pilgrimage of the Heart.  First, let me just tell you that if you have never done any of her studies, you are missing out on an incredible blessing.  I rank her right up there with Beth Moore’s studies.  Just incredible.  Anyhow, I started this study over a year ago…yea, yea…I know its only an 8-week study but I tend to pick up and put down studies pretty frequently.  God uses that in my spiritual walk, however, and I do finish them.  Whenever I pick a study back up, its always at just the right time.  I love how that happens – it always take my breath away.

Back to my story and God-moment today…

At the beginning of the study, Ms. Martin has the reader write a prayer/letter to the Lord about what is weighing heavy on your heart, etc.  At the close of the study, she has you review that letter and see how God worked in your life.

It seems I have come full circle with a prayer in the process of being answered, a pilgramage that my heart is certainly on right now as I learn to lean on Him alone as my Solid Rock.  This is one line out of what I wrote in my opening letter and prayer of this study over a year ago:

“With so much change…you have to be my rock…”

I was immediately humbled.  I know the Holy Spirit works and lives in me.  But to KNOW it like that…how do I even begin to express the awe that I felt upon reading those words I had written over a year ago and realizing where I am now?   I felt humbled.  Loved.  Cherished.  And there I fall, tongue-tied.

So many lessons learned today – the Holy Spirit IS working.  Prayers ARE being answered.  He IS growing me in HIS time.  It DOES help to write out and journal prayers.  Need I go on?

Be my rock, Lord Jesus.