God is constantly calling us to trust Him more. In each season of life, God wants us to trust Him completely, even when we are tempted to turn the other way.

I will be the first to admit that trusting God is a concept that I am not always the best at. Ever since I lost my dad in 8th grade trust has been something that is hard for me. How can I trust a God who allowed me to see such pain at a young age? Following my dad’s death there have been a few other major losses that have happened in my life as well. My life has shown me a lot of reality in the past few years. The reality being that we don’t live forever, and tragedy will strike no matter how often we tell ourselves otherwise. I know that God promises to bring light out of the dark days of my life, and use those experiences to shape me into the woman He has called me to be.

In order to allow God to shape me, there are a lot of walls that I have been working on breaking down, and doing that requires trust.

What if I break down the walls of my heart and get hurt again by the same people? What if I break down these walls and God does not show up? Well the answer I have to myself is: Taylor you won’t ever know if you don’t step out in trust and give it a shot.

“God is near. God is here. And God can absolutely be trusted with it all” -Lysa Terkuerst

God has something good prepared for me on the other side of the walls I have built for myself, and once I am strong enough to shatter those walls, I know He will be there waiting for me with all He has promised.

As this semester is winding down and I am looking back there is one thing that has remained constant through this entire semester and that is trusting God. God has placed challenges in my path that have required me  to step into in a posture of complete trust before being able to continue.

Recently, I have found myself fighting fears and doing the things God has called me to do, even though some of those things have been the very last thing I want to do.

Trust and obedience have been going hand in hand in my life lately, and I can’t wait to see the fruit of what I have stepped into.

Taylor Kate