4.28.2009
swing and a miss...again
Life throws curves, fastballs, and change-ups in our lives. Nothing is EVER what it seems. Do you ever feel like no matter how well your doing you keep striking out?
You just can't get the dream job, you are so close yet the next step is a grand canyon. You go through relationships like tissues swearing the next guy will be the ONE. Then before you know it your singing break-up songs in your car with tear-stained cheeks. All these things and more change in a blink of an eye. It becomes depressing and your exhausted. When everyone around us is getting what we think we need, it can become too much to bear. Pity party for one?
These moments are faith moments. We need to believe, and we know that. The action part is harder to perform. It is easy to just give up after 20 interviews or 10 broken relationships, but try one more time. Then ONE more time until it happens. God will take care of you. He takes care of birds, trees, even rodents; He can certainly help you achieve what you desire to accomplish. We need to tell God what we feel and ask how we can learn in this self-pity moment. We need to bring the glory back to God. If God can take care of birds or even grass; He can certainly help you because you are more than that.
We need to remain faithful and stand up at the plate even though we may never hit a ball. It WILL be HARD, but in these times the growing occurs. We need to keep in mind that God never desires to see you falter, so try every time. He will help you, so pray for the strength to withstand the pitch. Who knows, the next one you could hit it out of the park.
You just can't get the dream job, you are so close yet the next step is a grand canyon. You go through relationships like tissues swearing the next guy will be the ONE. Then before you know it your singing break-up songs in your car with tear-stained cheeks. All these things and more change in a blink of an eye. It becomes depressing and your exhausted. When everyone around us is getting what we think we need, it can become too much to bear. Pity party for one?
These moments are faith moments. We need to believe, and we know that. The action part is harder to perform. It is easy to just give up after 20 interviews or 10 broken relationships, but try one more time. Then ONE more time until it happens. God will take care of you. He takes care of birds, trees, even rodents; He can certainly help you achieve what you desire to accomplish. We need to tell God what we feel and ask how we can learn in this self-pity moment. We need to bring the glory back to God. If God can take care of birds or even grass; He can certainly help you because you are more than that.
We need to remain faithful and stand up at the plate even though we may never hit a ball. It WILL be HARD, but in these times the growing occurs. We need to keep in mind that God never desires to see you falter, so try every time. He will help you, so pray for the strength to withstand the pitch. Who knows, the next one you could hit it out of the park.
4.27.2009
transition times
We all go through them. What we decide in them can reveal what is important to us. They shape who we are. More importantly, they are always hard to get through. I am talking about transitions.
Transitions make deciding hard to do. Do we transition here, do this, or complete that? How can we decide? Is there an age limit on transition periods? Everyone thinks it’s the twenty-something age bracket, but what about when you get laid off in your thirties. Then you have to start all over again whether with a family or without. Transitions happen and they don’t have a time limit.
When you are in a transition you question everything because it seems you are always at an intersection, and that choice leads you on a totally new path. Do you remember those books where you had to choose different scenarios? You would choose one way and you would end up on an island, in a deep cave, or on another country. It taught us to stress early on and second-guess our decisions. We were never satisfied with our answer. We always looked at the choices we didn’t pick because our curiosity always got the better of us. It is a shame that we can’t apply that to real life. We can’t go back and read the what-ifs. We are stuck in the bed we have made. Choices are tough and big. So, don’t feel like you have it worse. Everyone has their own situations going on in their lives. However, God is always there to let us lean on Him and not worry. It is harder to do than just saying the words. If we all tried one day to live presently how would our lives change?
Decisions strengthen us and give a sense of responsibility. No one ever said they would be easy but the Lord said he would never give us more than we can bear. (1 Cor. 10:13) The Lord is bigger than every decision that may seem like the world to us. This is the magnificence of God. He desires to help make them with you. So ask his advice because that is one opinion that does matter.
Transitions make deciding hard to do. Do we transition here, do this, or complete that? How can we decide? Is there an age limit on transition periods? Everyone thinks it’s the twenty-something age bracket, but what about when you get laid off in your thirties. Then you have to start all over again whether with a family or without. Transitions happen and they don’t have a time limit.
When you are in a transition you question everything because it seems you are always at an intersection, and that choice leads you on a totally new path. Do you remember those books where you had to choose different scenarios? You would choose one way and you would end up on an island, in a deep cave, or on another country. It taught us to stress early on and second-guess our decisions. We were never satisfied with our answer. We always looked at the choices we didn’t pick because our curiosity always got the better of us. It is a shame that we can’t apply that to real life. We can’t go back and read the what-ifs. We are stuck in the bed we have made. Choices are tough and big. So, don’t feel like you have it worse. Everyone has their own situations going on in their lives. However, God is always there to let us lean on Him and not worry. It is harder to do than just saying the words. If we all tried one day to live presently how would our lives change?
Decisions strengthen us and give a sense of responsibility. No one ever said they would be easy but the Lord said he would never give us more than we can bear. (1 Cor. 10:13) The Lord is bigger than every decision that may seem like the world to us. This is the magnificence of God. He desires to help make them with you. So ask his advice because that is one opinion that does matter.
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