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The Sacred Collective

by Christin Slade

For women who desire direction, discipline, and discipleship as they live a life devoted to Jesus.


Remember Then, His Goodness

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A reflection on remembering God’s faithfulness and rediscovering the goodness of God through life’s changing seasons, pain, and healing. Looking back and seeing the ways God was faithful helps strengthen our faith for today.

Every now and then, I enjoy listening to old music.

Recently, I was listening to some old Christian albums from the late 90s, early 2000s, and it reminded me of how strong my faith was then.

No, I hadn’t been through much life experience at that point, but even singing the music today, after more than 25 years of living an adult life, it reminded me of His strength that’s still within me.

It’s quietly buried under the hurt and uncertainty, but this music has begun to wake it up again and remind me of how my faithful Father has never left me alone.

Like most things, music can be seasonal, but I don’t think it should be forgotten. Music lives in us in a way not much else does. It holds with it the memories of that time in our lives — good and bad.

Sometimes it reminds us of things we don’t want to repeat, but it also takes us back to a time when life was simple, and faith was strong, and it awakens us to what’s possible again.

Sometimes the bitterness of this world buries the goodness of our God under the heaviness of burdens we were never meant to carry and pain we were never meant to make a home in.

Read that again.

Our God doesn’t change. While the seasons change, circumstances change, and life grows more complicated, God is still the same God and His will for you is still good.

Savoring Him,

Christin

P.S. The old music I was reminiscing with? BarlowGirl and Zoe Girl. Did you listen to them, too?

 

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