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Pray. Study. Work.

Pray. Study. Work.

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So, yesterday I let my emotions get in the way. I let someone else’s mental issues take me to a place I thought I had overcome. Then I spent all day, and half the night going over it again and again in my head. It affected my whole day…and my sleep that night. THAT made me even angrier. 

Ughhhh…the battle in our mind is a real thing.

At the beginning of the year I told you guys that my goal was to pursue peace. I knew when I said it that the enemy was going to get busy. I knew it. And I still felt blindsided. 

But let me tell you how awesome our God is. He will send people, or arrange situations to speak to our circumstances. The message at service today was on waiting, and it blessed my socks off. What my pastor said was while we wait for God to move we should pray, study the word of God, and work. 

Pray. Talk to God about everything.

Study His word so that you know Him intimately.

Work. Find the thing you are passionate about, and do it to the glory of God.

We don’t have to do anything except trust Him to handle it. Last week I talked about how God will use the dirt people throw at us to elevate us. If I stay faithful, He will handle whatever needs to be handled. I lost my focus for a moment, and my flesh took control. The thing is…God didn’t leave me like that. He gave me time and opportunity to get my focus back. 

My goal is to honor Him by not dishonoring Him.

Thank you God for loving me enough to come when I call, and for letting me know that no mistake I make will ever come between us.

Until next time…

Be blessed

Don’t Get Comfortable

Don’t Get Comfortable

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God has been slowly taking me step by step to where He needs me to be. In the past, I have tried to rush that process because I felt that it was taking too long, or that I should be much further along than I was, but I know that God’s plan is perfect, and I learned that when I wait on Him it works out much better for me in the long run.

Right now I am doing a job I have never done before…I’m not sure why I even applied. Actually, this is the fourth time that has happened to me. And each time, once I learn what God wants me to learn, something happens to cause me to move on. I have a tendency to get too comfortable…to settle. Even when the situation is not good for me, leaving hard. I guess God doesn’t want me to be so attached to anything that I’m not willing to let it go if He needs me to.

The first time it happened, I got a job as a writer. I had never written anything professionally in my life. That job taught me how to write within specific guidelines, and restraints. But, my work began to be repetitive. I was no longer learning anything new…just doing the same thing over and over. I applied for another position in the same company, again doing something I had never done. That job allowed me the opportunity to work with various types of people, and cultures. I loved it, but then, there was a big departmental restructure, and I had to change departments. The next job allowed me to travel to different cities in the area. I learned how to give presentations, and speak in front of groups at conferences and conventions. All the while moving further and further from my comfort zone. I can see now how God has used my secular work to move me closer and closer to my purpose.

I have learned a few things from these experiences. One, don’t get too comfortable. Two, God is everywhere we are. Three, God will never allow us to do anything that we won’t learn something from. But the biggest lesson I have learned is that our confidence can’t be in us…it has to be in God. When we put Him first in everything we do, He will cause the work of our hands to prosper.

Until next time…

Be blessed.

On This Journey

On This Journey

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I am on this journey of self-discovery, and I am learning to do things I thought I never would. I guess that’s a good thing, or at least I think it is (I’m still trying to figure that one out). I have always depended on other people. Not because I had to, but because that’s just the way it’s always been. I was never handy around the house. I can take things apart, but putting them back together is a whole different thing. I mean, I know what my gifts and skill levels are, and I have never had a problem letting others know I need help. But lately, I am doing things for myself by myself. That…is new for me. 

I’m not sure when it started. Maybe I just got tired of waiting for everyone else to find time to help me. Whatever it is, nowadays I’m finding that either handymen (or women) have more work than they know what to do with, or they have been working on their own projects. 

So, that means I have to step up. But, God is giving me this confidence I never had before. And I find myself feeling so excited. It’s empowering. Before I have even completed one project, I am already making plans for the next one. It’s really kinda cool. I am liking this new me. Although… physically I am stretching muscles I didn’t know I had…lol.

A friend recently suggested that I just pay someone to do things for me. That sounds good, but I reminded her that people no longer work for pizza and a six pack. That means that I will have to do at least the smaller projects on my own. I don’t mind though. Since I have hired myself, I can work when I am ready. I can work all day, and take the whole next week off if I want to. I can do half a job today, and do the rest next month. Of course, it will take me longer, but who cares? I’m just enjoying the journey.

Until next time…

Be blessed