September 2025 - When Structure Meets Spirit

I don’t know if you’ve ever taken one of the many personality tests out there, but I have,

more than I can count. At this point, I usually know where I’ll land before answering a

single question. I thrive in well-structured environments. Organization and efficiency are

top priorities for people with my personality type.

Thankfully, the Lord knows exactly how He made me. He often speaks to me in a blunt

and direct way that only someone with a similar personality might appreciate. But there

are definitely times when my relationship with Him feels anything but efficient. There is

no ten-step process that can capture the vast ways God moves and communicates.

That’s why the best encouragement I can offer, both to myself and to others, is this: get

to know His voice. Hearing from Him directly, sensing His peace, and recognizing when

it’s absent is the broadest structure I can rely on in a relationship that defies structure.

Even as someone who craves order, God’s voice carries me through situations that

require more flexibility than I’d ever choose on my own. And I don’t just have to grin and

bear it. He gives me His peace and grace in the process.

This union with Him is the most beautiful and at times most frustrating relationship I’ve

ever known. At times, it feels natural and seamless. Other times, it feels foreign and

stretching. But I wouldn’t trade it. With every encounter, it becomes more seamless. I

continue to rest in the truth that I “have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16). Not

"share"—have. I’m not waiting for Him to hand me a portion of what’s mine. I already

have it. And so do you. We are one with Him.

So, whatever twists and turns you're facing today, lean into the One who holds you and

holds nothing back from you. You have His mind. You have His heart. You are deeply

united with Him who holds the stars and knows the way through it all.

With love,

Lindsey