January, 2011 I wrote to a roommate on our fridge "Ask the Lord for rain in the Spring for he makes the storm clouds. And he will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture..." Zechariah 10:1. "Dig deep, rain is coming."
I wrote this to her because I heard a sermon and story about Digging a ditch. I was in a season of singleness and a season where I was about to be responsible for paying on my college debts, a season where I had this calling placed on my life finally and I had yet to see how and where that was to transpire because I couldn't see it. The situation didn't call for it.
I felt like Noah when he was given this call to build the ark and he had never seen rain. But it was this day that I specifically remember God saying, "Angelina, dig a ditch. Not just any ditch, but a big ditch because rain is coming." I didn't know in what form it would come, I didn't know what package it would come in. I didn't even know when (at this point).
Then a day or two after my birthday, God told me that I would be married by January 23, 2012. I couldn't believe it, so I asked for a sign of sorts. Welp, after getting one sign, I needed more. So, about an hour and half later, a friend told me that she had a feeling that I would be married by this time next year (it was February 2011).
Welp, I am now married. I dug a big ditch. I spoke it into existence and let everyone know. I worked on getting to know God more and learning to fall in love with him. I even went to see my father, who I had not seen in over a decade and who I thought I had forgiven, I worked on getting healthier, spent time investing in others, and simply got busy digging ditches everywhere. We were married on September 23, 2011 and by July 2, 2012 we will be having our first child-Israel. Which is kind of cool because his name means "one who wrestles with God and man and wins." Israel was a man in the Old testament who fought for his blessings. He dug ditches-not always healthy ones, not until he became Israel.
I tell you all of this because, I am here again. In a different season about to dig some more ditches. And I can say with full confidence, that God will provide rain. He will give you beauty for ashes, He gives the weak power, He gives the faint the ability to walk, He renews our strength! He is a great big God! As you wait on him, dig your ditches! Spend time falling in love with him. I promise, you will mount up with wings as an eagle.
You'll become that parent
You'll have the baby
You'll get that job
You'll become that employee
You'll become that person made for them
You'll meet that person made for you
Just dig a ditch, rain is coming!
I wrote this to her because I heard a sermon and story about Digging a ditch. I was in a season of singleness and a season where I was about to be responsible for paying on my college debts, a season where I had this calling placed on my life finally and I had yet to see how and where that was to transpire because I couldn't see it. The situation didn't call for it.
I felt like Noah when he was given this call to build the ark and he had never seen rain. But it was this day that I specifically remember God saying, "Angelina, dig a ditch. Not just any ditch, but a big ditch because rain is coming." I didn't know in what form it would come, I didn't know what package it would come in. I didn't even know when (at this point).
Then a day or two after my birthday, God told me that I would be married by January 23, 2012. I couldn't believe it, so I asked for a sign of sorts. Welp, after getting one sign, I needed more. So, about an hour and half later, a friend told me that she had a feeling that I would be married by this time next year (it was February 2011).
Welp, I am now married. I dug a big ditch. I spoke it into existence and let everyone know. I worked on getting to know God more and learning to fall in love with him. I even went to see my father, who I had not seen in over a decade and who I thought I had forgiven, I worked on getting healthier, spent time investing in others, and simply got busy digging ditches everywhere. We were married on September 23, 2011 and by July 2, 2012 we will be having our first child-Israel. Which is kind of cool because his name means "one who wrestles with God and man and wins." Israel was a man in the Old testament who fought for his blessings. He dug ditches-not always healthy ones, not until he became Israel.
I tell you all of this because, I am here again. In a different season about to dig some more ditches. And I can say with full confidence, that God will provide rain. He will give you beauty for ashes, He gives the weak power, He gives the faint the ability to walk, He renews our strength! He is a great big God! As you wait on him, dig your ditches! Spend time falling in love with him. I promise, you will mount up with wings as an eagle.
You'll become that parent
You'll have the baby
You'll get that job
You'll become that employee
You'll become that person made for them
You'll meet that person made for you
Just dig a ditch, rain is coming!
