This blog was inspired by the song “Defender” by Kings Kaleidoscope. I highly recommend you listen to it HERE.  

I am so jazzed that I am soon entering into a new season of marriage and starting a permanent life here in Gainesville! But with all of that rejoicing there have been many not so comforting emotions happening inside of me. Yes I am filled with excitement, have a strong sense of feeling accepted, and I know that I have had so many opportunities placed in front of me. But more times than not I have been focusing more on the:

Sorrow

Rejection

Doors being closed

And not to mention stress out the wazoo!

But I know I’m not alone in this. I’m sure that there is at least 1 or 2 or 100 of you reading this that are dealing with some of these same emotions.

It has been so incredibly difficult to actually say, “I will not be afraid, for my hope is in His name.”

It’s been hard to trust that, “He is my covering.”

And to confidently feel in my heart that, “I have been crying to Him and He has heard my voice.”

And that’s because I’ve been letting the “rocking and reeling of this tainted Earth,” define my state of being. But the reality is that “Jesus is our Savior, defender, and redeemer,” and has “brought us ALL into a safer place.”

It’s a humbling to realize that I haven’t been trusting in the Lord’s bold promises. But then again, I know I’m not alone.

The Lord is steady, constant, and our defender in ALL seasons. That’s what we need to remember. That’s what we need to hold onto. That’s what we need to put our trust in.