Chapter 9: Martha and the bad day – stopping and resting with God

Becky discovered it’s much less stressful to give God a chance to speak rather than shouting at him!

Choosing a high school was very stressful for us – mostly because there wasn’t really any choice! Living in a small town, with only one high school, I knew that there was zero chance that my daughter could get a place at one of the schools I preferred. So I was pretty stressed and to be honest cross with God. I was so worried that the school wouldn’t suit her and I wanted to feel in control of the choice. So in the months coming up to the time I had to submit her application, I rushed around, talking to everyone, trying to see if there were any loopholes in the system that would let me get her into a different school, trying to make things happen. But what I didn’t do is properly listen to God. Then one day, when I was ranting a bit at him, I stopped to draw breath, and then I heard these words: ‘She will be fine at that school.’ I knew it was God. The stress went, and I was able to trust God. And he was right, she was fine. But I wish I’d sat down with God at the beginning of the process, not the end!

Rachel talks about how she knows when she needs to take time with God.