When you're in the waiting

What do you do when you feel like you're living in the waiting room of your life? You've lived once before and now you e been stuck. For years. And it seems like your name will never be called. You're watching everyone else move forward. New houses. New cars. New vacations. New clothes. And for you? Same. Seems the choice is to either drown in self pity or choose to stay the course knowing God is good and He's written this story for you. Just enjoy the beauty He's set before you. The sunrise and the sunsets. The oceans and rivers and lakes. The birds that sing a song for you each morning. Even the awesome thunderstorms that stop us in our tracks. The sounds of rain and waterfalls. It's all for you. He loves you that much. And doesn't He deserve praise before petitions? Praise always precedes the miracle.
So as you wait for whatever it is, praise Him for what He will do and make today about Him. Friends He is enough. He is all we need. We need to become like children again and praise Him just because He loves us. Not because of what He may do for us for He's already done the ultimate. Made the greatest sacrifice. Jesus died that we will live. So that's what we do when we think we aren't living. We live for Him. And we watch a sunrise and sunset and chase the moon. And wish on His stars.

When you're hard on yourself

Why do we as women say such harsh things to ourselves? Us made in His image. When we criticize ourselves we criticize the Maker , the Creator. After all, we are His masterpiece. " you will NEVER get it right! You ALWAYS mess things up. We are ALWAYS late and it's ALWAYS my fault. Why can't I be like ____ and have a perfect home with more than enough ____ and where is the joy?" In Him I am new and He extends grace and I must receive it. The cross is where all my shortcomings are nailed to. When the nails pierced His perfect hands all my imperfections were left there. I must leave them there and say thank You to my Savior.
It's raining and windy here today. My favorite kind of day. Gray. Like my emotions and feelings and it matches outside. The ocean is loud and I hear it. Life's problems can be like that- loud, drowning out the joy. When I take my eyes off the Prize and focus on possessions or lack of in my case, I lose perspective and priorities mix and I'm heavy and a mess.

I stop hard and pray and seek. I read His words of Hope and how His timing is perfect and how if Sarah had just waited on Him for her son then the Hagar issue would've been avoided. It's just a priority problem and its all in the way I see. If I put on my Spirit filled vision I see all things different. When I start wanting more of this world , I'm left empty. He wants me to only desire Him so today I look to Him. Need only Him. Seek only Him and all will fall into place. The Kingdom is the ultimate prize and dwelling there forever with my Savior redeemed and changed and remembering nothing of this earth. Behold He's making ALL THINGS NEW!!!