Let the ground rest.

We meet up every couple of months just to check in. We’ve been doing this for years. We share the commonality of being divorced as well as a passion for deep theology. Our conversations are always a mixture of laughter, deep thought, and then tears. It’s just the way we roll.

A few years ago, she experienced a new form of heartache when she and her husband were hit by another car while they were on their way to dinner. They were both greatly affected from the incident, but he more than she. He was in a coma for a while and has since began his road to recovery. And this will be a forever journey.

In the last year, she’s begun to process the accident some more and has begun to settle into this new life of hers as his primary caretaker.

If you knew my friend, you’d know that she lights up the room wherever she goes and that her laughter is contagious. She finds humor in the simple things making me want to be more like her. She inspires me so much just by how she’s learned to navigate through this part of her story.

While we were sipping on our lattes, she told me about a song that has been ministering to her in this season and then she texted it to me so I could listen to it later. On the way home from our visit, I played the song and felt every word as if I were hearing them from her healing heart. And then I realized how much my heart needed to hear these words too.

Because the truth is there are many things about my story right now that are also waiting for a harvest.

How about you? Are there things in your life that you wish were for now but you’re having to trust God with them and let the ground rest? It’s okay, you’re going to grow and it’s for the best. Trust the process.

It’s called; “Let the ground rest” by Chris Renzema.

Here’s the chorus:

Ohhh, just let the ground rest

Cause if it’s not right now

It’s for the best

You’re going to grow, I know this

But for now, just let the ground rest.