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| quit drawing circles with that compassThe other day I told a friend that God is not a God of confusion. She retorted that no, He's a God of mystery. Today, I lived my life in contradiction to what I told my friend (as I do so often) as if God were confusing me and trying to make me figure out this mind boggling puzzle. God quickly reminded me that He's not trying to confuse me, but He's shaping me, making me wait, making me work for the good that He has for me. There's been two times now within the last month that I've experienced things that I knew were gifts from God and then I would hear what I thought was Him speaking, telling me that these were the gifts, the answers to prayers I had been praying. Tonight I felt those gifts slowly slipping from me, wondering if I had misinterpreted God or if I've just done something wrong. Then God quickly and gently reminded me of Romans 8:28 - "and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." It doesn't matter what I feel or think, what matters is that I keep seeking after God with my whole heart when nothing makes sense. God is not trying to confuse me, I am just trying to rush God and what He wants for my life which causes my confusion and grief. God is a mystery to be sought after, but if we lose sight of our seeking after Him is when things begin to get confusing and out of sorts. God is good. | | |
| get out of my wayChildren do not let obstacles hinder them from getting where they want to be, where they are focused on. I was waiting at Kwik Kar today for them to change my oil when a man with two young boys walked in. There was a row of chairs where one of the boys sat and behind the chairs was a small play area. His dad called him over and instead of walking around the one chair, he stepped between two chairs, which required him stepping on to them and then over. I giggled inside, realizing that my nephew does that same thing...and quite actually most children do it. They don't let things get in their way. They are focused on the "prize" or the task or whatever, and they go the way which is easiest and makes sense. If they can't move the chair that is in their way, why stop? Just climb over it. So many times, I just want to stop. I want to take the hindrance, the obstacle as a "sign" that it just wasn't meant to be, instead of giving it a little extra push, shove or climb to make something budge. Sure, God closes doors, but He also has given us the strength, through his joy, to overcome, to try a little harder to see if how bad we really want something. Otherwise life just happens to us and then we're always standing on the other side of the chair wishing for that greener grass, that might not actually be that green, but just what we need. | | |
| It's a beautiful day to be blowing in the wind"I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right." -Anne Lamont | | |
| It is hard to move forward if you don't trust...in anythingThis is what my best friend of 14 years told me today. I don't know what it looks like to trust...especially myself. | | |
| The Christian way is different: harder, and easier. Christ says, "Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you.... Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours." Both harder and easier than what we are all trying to do. - C.S Lewis | | |
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