Expectations, Disappointment, and Hope (#966)
Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey. Here's the honest nitty-gritty of their struggle and how they are finding a way through it with Jesus. They wrestle with the tough questions, such as one asked by a friend last week: "Have you been disappointed with God in all of this?" How do you hold on to hope when things keep going downhill? They also talk about how Wayne's surgery interrupted Sara's journey into wholeness and how she's dealing with that. This is an extremely raw and personal look at how Wayne and Sara and traversing this part of their journey and finding joy and provision from God. Both of them are happy to be in a place where their relationship with God is bigger than what life throws at them.
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Hi Sara and Wayne, once again I’m seeing the podcast “up” and will come back and listen to it. A quick note to say I appreciate hearing how you process this…rather than answers it helps me in thinking through, processing w/ Jesus my own periods that feel like “desperate chaos”. He is gently helping me to see that when the “knothole” distorts things, I can trust him to bring truth and reality. Thanks for sharing with a wider audience as your thoughts are very encouraging. Blessings to you. Sue
I haven’t listened yet, but please know that my prayers are for you both.
I have been following the GodJourney podcasts since the last century. It has been a great blessing for me on my own journey with Jesus.
It was lovely to listen to you both this morning and to hear where you are both at in this journey. You have suffered so much, endured so much. I can’t comprehend what you are experiencing, because like you Wayne I have a low pain threshold, so to contemplate the level of pain and the unrelenting pain for so long is beyond my ability to even imagine.
But I am relieved to hear that you are finding more and more relief from that intensity and hopefully that will continue.
It sounds like a long road ahead, but we know that Father has gone before you and is behind you and walks with you. He will never leave you, no matter how dark it gets. He is there with you in the darkness, and is the light in the darkness. Bad things do happen to good people, but Papa, Jesus and Holy Spirit are there in the very midst of it all.
I love that reminder that He has made you to lie down in green pastures. I see Him lying down with you and communing deeper into your being than you have ever experienced thus far in your life.
Blessings to you both in Jesus.
Thank you, Joyce. I wholeheartedly receive your encouragement and share your wisdom about this. We all have days of darkness in our lives. Jesus has this all in his hands, shaping it already to his purpose, and watching over us as a Father who deeply cares. We are finding his grace in the endurance, and his beauty even through the pain. Blessings to you.
Wayne and Sara;
So sorry to hear of your recent circumstances especially stacked on the last few years you have had. I am praying for you. You might not remember me but you guys met me in Louisville at a Texas Road house. Wayne when you mentioned you have been sitting with Psalm 23 I immediately identified with you. I over the last 7 weeks have been recovering from open heart surgery and at the height of it all I could rest on is Psalm 23. I think about how Jesus is walking through this with me and never leaving or forsaking me. And it is so hopeful to know the Father never forsook him . This encourages me that He will not forsake me in this situation. You had ask me to sit with the pain in this world. All I can see is this is “He will never leave us or forsake us”. I realize it might not mean it is painless, it wasn’t for Jesus and it might not mean that I see the healing or redemption in this life. It wasn’t for Jesus either but He was healed and redeemed in the end. That is where my thought s have gone, not sure if it is right wrong or indifferent but that is where I have been sitting. I am hopeful for you and Sara and your healings. Prayers for you two.
Thank you, Tim. I’m sorry you had to have open-heart surgery. I’ve been there; that’s no fun. I’m glad to hear Father is encouraging you in similar ways. He will never forsake us, no matter how much we may feel forsaken. Pain does that to us, like it did Jesus, but God is always right there to hold us in his arms…. Blessings, my Friend.
Hi Wayne and Sara , When I listen to you both I am so thankful for your example and sharing. You are both seasoned believers and I am learning much. As you said in the end this world is broken , so much pain everywhere but God will see us through the valley of the shadow of death.
Please keep on sharing the details of this difficult journey as you are able. My prayers are for your perseverance and healing.
Thank you JKB. Your Words are very encouraging. Sometimes sharing our story can seem so self-indulgent and yet we share for this reason that other people can listen to our example and decide what’s in it for them and where God might be doing something different.
Just beautiful! Really really
From The Message.
Psalm 23 1-3 God, my shepherd!
I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.
4 Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
makes me feel secure.
5 You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with blessing.
6 Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.