Sometimes you need to see your life through someone else's eyes. To take off your scratched or fogged up lenses and see the real potential and blessings that fill life to the brim!
That happened to me recently through the oddest of places. Someone else's blog post. I follow alot of blogs. Alot. And one of them posted about the mothers in her life, her own and her husband's, and thanked them for the different parts they had played at different points of time.
The one that struck me the most was a conversation that she had with her own mother where her mother challenged her to stop procrastinating and waiting for things to be perfect and just thrive!
Wow. In the back of my thoughts the Holy Spirit gently whispered "that's for you"! I cried, not real tears mind you, those come with great difficulty as if my body will melt if I let them fall even in great sorrow. But I cried inside even as I find myself crying inside now. See, I have been having trouble keeping life in perspective. Bills, motherhood, ministry, housework, etc. all seem to pile on top of each other with no sign of a break and I have been feeling overwhelmed, underqualified, and resentful of some things I feel I can't change.
But, GOD sees me and He cares! And to help me out He sometimes uses other people's examples to show me the light at the end of the tunnel that I created with my sinful worry and doubt.
I looked up the word thrive and this is what it means: to grow strongly and vigorously; to do well; prosper; make steady progress.
This is what God wants from my life and it's not about money or things it's about mindset!
The Bible says "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings of eagles." Isaiah 40:31
When I wait on God, serve Him, He'll provide the strength I need to accomplish my purpose and I do have a purpose!
Maybe you too are feeling overwhelmede, underqualified and resentful. Let the Master renew your strength. Lean on Him because you can't do it all on your own but "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26
