Monday, September 26, 2011
Patient Beginnings
If I have learned nothing else from 2011 I have learned to be patient. Along side patience I have come realize I am terrible at it. As Tyler and I moved to a new home I found moving is always stressful but I think it either brings the best out of you or the worst. It brings the worst out of me. It brought the best out of Tyler. It was tough for me not knowing an exact date we'd be in the house and for Tyler he knew it would happen in good time. I watched as my husband grew into his role as the head of our small family and comforted me in my useless worrying. Tyler worked tirelessly on our home and moved us in right before Thanksgiving, just for me. I feel God was giving an example through my every day life to show me how I am lacking in my spiritual life. It is extremely tough for me not to have a reasonable (I'll explain the "reasonable" part later) career or life goal, I have more than likely spent past posts droning on about that, but bare with me. God has a plan for my life and He, thankfully, is in full control of it. Why then, do I need to know the exact date that that plan will be carried out? Isn't it enough that he has something wonderful for me as His servant? In 2012 I am going to strive to allow His plan to be enough. I know in order for this to happen I have to dig so deep into the Bible and in prayer that my mind has no space left to worry about my silly "life plans". To help me along with that I am taking our church's (The Gathering) G90X challenge, which is to read the entire Bible in 90 days. We'll see how that goes! Hopefully I'll keep you posted :]
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2 comments:
glad to see you finally blogged! Seems God teaches me quite often through my marriage, and also my ideas of myself. I'm kinda feeling the same kind of thing right now--the "what is my purpose right now" part. I love you!
I struggle a lot with some of the same issues, as you probably know since we lived together for a year! Over the last few weeks I've found myself trying to plan out my future career path. A path I'll probably be embarking on in 2 1/2 years after grad school. But I can't help but want to know what I'll be doing and where I'll be doing it!
Not to mention I feel like what I really want to do is not reasonable at all. But it's what I love, so hopefully the Lord has a way for it to work out! As Pastor Steven says "If it's the Lord's will, it's the Lord's bill!"
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