As usual, I like to provide definitions and context to my posts so that my readers can understand and relate.
Barren has a few meanings. It can relate to a state of being, as in a barren woman who is incapable of having children, a barren land incapable of producing vegetation, or even a barren place or building that is bleak or lifeless.
Barren places…hmmm. How many barren places do we have in our own lives? Those places that seem unproductive, not bearing any fruit, lifeless!
When the Lord gave me this topic to write about a few months ago, I immediately knew I had some barrenness going on. However, I was not in a place where I wanted to expose my barren places to the Internet! (<-Insert nervous laughter and crooked smiles here)
You see, my barren places take on a few forms. I am now incapable of having children and I also have several unproductive areas in my life due to fears. I’m not exposing anything to receive the awwww or poor JerriTerry, I’m exposing it because I want to be free from the barren places. I want my life to produce light, life, and fruit. While I do not want to birth a child at my advanced age; I do, however, want to be free from the grief of what could have been in my younger years. I also want to expose the other barren places that are filled with fear and anxiety so that they can be replaced with peace and love that casts out all fear.
How about you, friend?
~What are some areas that are barren and not producing in your life?
~Do you even realize what they are?
~Are you willing, like me, to be vulnerable to digging in and finding out?
~If not right now, that’s ok but what’s keeping you from being free of the barren place?
Prayer:
Lord God thank you for your love for us. Your love is so great that you want us to be free from the barren place. Help us to surrender that place to you. We know that your gentle and tender way with us will not harm us when we surrender.
Lord, surround those who have read this post and are not sure how to navigate the barren place surrender. Thank you in advance for how I know you will turn it around for their good!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thank you JerriTerry for being vulnerable and open! Your openness will encourage many others to share their stories and to also be free 🙏🏽♥️
Love, I get very jealous if I’m not being loved, friends that I have show compassion to, love to but I don’t get that back I get very jealous. I think I’m a different breed, but I love people I love friends, I love to hang out with a lot of people, I just love to be with people. I wish I have your strength, you are amazing woman and a beautiful woman sometimes I look at you I like wow she is amazing, but I know God bought each and every one of us here on this Earth for a reason and each one of us have a talent that we have to put in action I still trying to figure my out. I need to focus on God I need to ask him for guidance and to direct me in the right path.
Amen. Thank you friend. YOU ARE AMAZING Musu!!!
Barren places!!! What an amazing way to refocus and to see where God can work through our places that are barren. For me he is showing me that my perceived barrenness is Him showing me that is is everything! He is supplying ALL of my needs and I am directed to trust solely in Him. He is making me vulnerable to Him and for that I am grateful. He is taking me through to reflect who He is. And making my heart full so that I can be transformed!
Phil 3:10 I am knowing Him is the fellowship of His suffering!
Wow friend.. thanks for posting!! I know im a BIG procrastinator and lack motivation in some areas due to fear and laziness!! I need to take some time to figure out where those barren places are and surrender them to the lord!! I appreciate your vulnerability on this post 🙂