So since my last post I have discovered something. Turns out the Satan really doesn't like when someone resolves to stop using excuses and rise up to take the opportunities that God places in our path! He has been doing his best to "get to me" in the last few days. All kinds of things have been happening. You know, it is all the little stuff added together that can sometimes cause us to lose it.
Our fan broke. No big deal, except that means I have been loosing even more sleep than usual. Waking up sweating and have a really hard time going back to sleep. Benjamin had a few days of better sleep but has gone back to his normal schedule of wanting to nurse every two hours at night. So between that and the broken fan, I am quite sleep deprived!
We had a meeting all day at church on Saturday and on the way home our car died. Yes, that is the technical term for it. I still have no idea what happened and the mechanic is supposed to finally come today so after that, I will probably still have no idea! :) All I know is that it was making this crazy noise and then would shut off. I am thankful that we were relatively close to home when it happened though.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
No more excuses!
So, once again, it has been a while since my last post. However, this time instead of trying to travel back in time and catch you all up on everything that has been going on since I wrote last, I decided to just skip past all that and get on to today. I am tired of living in the past anyway :) Though I am thankful for all that God has done...even today, He is doing a "new thing!"
It is 9:15 in the morning, Benjamin was up early, so he is now taking his morning nap. The wash that I did yesterday is swaying on the line in the light breeze. The dirty diapers are soaking in a basin of hot water waiting to be "agitated", and I sat down at the desk for a moment to get some nourishment (in the Word). Life is beautiful and I am full of gratitude.
So here's my current thought: "No more excuses!" I am tired of not doing what is on my heart because of excuses (I have a whole list of them..."I've never done that before" , "I don't have any experience with that." I am just not sure if I am supposed to do that."...and the one that I pull a lot but never said out loud of course, "I am afraid."). I know this is going to be a battle cause the enemy of our soul loves to give us excuses as to why we can't or shouldn't do what God is calling us to do. But let's face it, none of those excuses are really "valid" before God anyway. His response to them all?... "I am with you." It's that simple. "I am with you."
With those simple words, all my excuses are thrown out the window.
What's that? You say, you have never done that before? The Bible is FULL of people doing things they they have never done before. In fact, it is full of people doing things that NO ONE has ever done before!
You have no experience with that? Experience was never a requirement of God's. He is not a newspaper ad looking for someone with a degree, all the right qualifications and experience!
You are not sure if you are supposed to do that? Ask God. And then listen. True, not everything that comes your way is something that you are supposed to do, but let's be real, you usually know when something is a "nudge" from God, deep down somewhere, you know that He is the one who opened that door or brought that idea.
Oh you feel afraid? Did God not say, He would be with you? If He is with you, then you really have NOTHING to fear. You fear failure? God is not afraid of your failure. He loves those who are brave enough to try and He loves to use failures!
Okay God, I am ready. Breathe life onto all these wild dreams You have put on my heart. No more excuses from me :)
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. Ecclesiastes 11:4
It is 9:15 in the morning, Benjamin was up early, so he is now taking his morning nap. The wash that I did yesterday is swaying on the line in the light breeze. The dirty diapers are soaking in a basin of hot water waiting to be "agitated", and I sat down at the desk for a moment to get some nourishment (in the Word). Life is beautiful and I am full of gratitude.
So here's my current thought: "No more excuses!" I am tired of not doing what is on my heart because of excuses (I have a whole list of them..."I've never done that before" , "I don't have any experience with that." I am just not sure if I am supposed to do that."...and the one that I pull a lot but never said out loud of course, "I am afraid."). I know this is going to be a battle cause the enemy of our soul loves to give us excuses as to why we can't or shouldn't do what God is calling us to do. But let's face it, none of those excuses are really "valid" before God anyway. His response to them all?... "I am with you." It's that simple. "I am with you."
With those simple words, all my excuses are thrown out the window.
What's that? You say, you have never done that before? The Bible is FULL of people doing things they they have never done before. In fact, it is full of people doing things that NO ONE has ever done before!
You have no experience with that? Experience was never a requirement of God's. He is not a newspaper ad looking for someone with a degree, all the right qualifications and experience!
You are not sure if you are supposed to do that? Ask God. And then listen. True, not everything that comes your way is something that you are supposed to do, but let's be real, you usually know when something is a "nudge" from God, deep down somewhere, you know that He is the one who opened that door or brought that idea.
Oh you feel afraid? Did God not say, He would be with you? If He is with you, then you really have NOTHING to fear. You fear failure? God is not afraid of your failure. He loves those who are brave enough to try and He loves to use failures!
Okay God, I am ready. Breathe life onto all these wild dreams You have put on my heart. No more excuses from me :)
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. Ecclesiastes 11:4
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