Trust Fulfilled

When we put our trust in someone we don't know what the outcome will be but our trusting means that we expect the outcome to be as we hope.  So it is with prayer.  I have been praying to God for the last 8 years about an impossible situation and asking for an answer and resolution.  For 8 years the situation deteriorated but my wonderful God had given me an assurance that things would work out and be ok.  I've journalled and posted about this many times.  I put my trust in God - I always trusted that He heard every single one of my prayers and that He would answer in His own perfect way and time.  It's what held me through the years of anxiety and stress in coping with it.

BUT

I'm happy, very very very happy to say that God's time to answer has come and the situation is now resolved!!!  TOTALLY resolved in a PERFECT way.  My trust in God over this one issue has been fulfilled.  I am totally overwhelmed with gratitude and relief.

Obviously I had to journal this, here is my page:

I wanted a busy page to reflect the worry, cares and prayers over the years.  It seemed a perfect excuse to go mad with my stencils and do something to coincide with the abstract theme which is the current PaperArtsy challenge.  It also fits perfectly with Carolyn Dube's new weekly link party with is appropriately called Let's Play.  Following Carolyn's blog has really helped me to stop trying too hard and to simply have fun with paint, etc. and enjoy the process.  So this page is a pretty messy, but who cares, hey?

The white tile texture represents God showering His blessing of care during this time and of course the answered prayer:

I initially started with red, orange and yellow swiped around with a baby wipe which is a favourite thing at the moment.  I did my usual trick of splurging way too much paint at the start which all get left on the baby wipe.  I wasn't going to waste it so spread it on some tags:

And some card (I did add a bit more yellow):

and a canvas which I've had for ages and have been trying to pluck up the courage to do.  I've never done one before you see, and it feels very intimidating!  However, the colour looks so fab I can't wait to get going on it.

I'd like to encourage those of you who have been praying for something which seems impossible.  Don't give up, don't lose hope.  Persevere with your prayers and trust God.  He loves you and cares for you and He really will answer in His own perfect way and His own perfect time.
Blessings to you.

I'm linking up at:
Art Every Day Month
Let's Play
PaperArtsy
Create with Joy Friendship Friday
Art Journal Every Day