Hello my friends!
It's been awhile, I know.
Been busy with lots of changes this summer
and needed to take a little break from blogging.
I'm hoping I haven't lost all of
my blogging buddies.
I'm hoping you are finding
time to do all of the things that are
important to you
and have taken time to enjoy,
the in between parts,
from the busyness of life.
If you are like me, you have to
be intentional in planning
to make sure
you are balancing the busyness.
"RELEASE"
So getting back to what
I've been learning about the
"letting go"
of what holds us
back from all God has planned for us.
I tell you what! I had no idea how
relevant choosing the
word RELEASE
as my 2014 word would be.
It seems there are lessons everyday for me
as I watch for ways
to throw off the extra baggage of
letting go of things
I don't need, but thought
I NEEDED!!
Do you find this to be true for you when
trying to be intentional
about watching
for baggage you are carrying that
you really don't need?
This is where the kid in me always wants to
Stop.. Stand up and with arms spread wide, begin to sing
at the
top of my lungs..
.. ♫..
LET IT GO… ♫…LET
IT GO….
(from
the Disney movie, FROZEN)
and sing it until I believe it!! ☺
*¨*❤*¨*
I'd like to share with you about
something that happened in my life
at the beginning of summer, without giving
the details.
(those are better left unsaid and as my own learning experience)
This way you can relate by making the details
fit whatever you are going through.
This thing that happened just kind of
rocked my world in the grieving way. I had to
make a tough choice that I wasn't expecting.
At first I thought the choice was about
something I could control, so I began
figuring it out through my own
mindful process....you know the old
if I do this, but if I do that, or how can I
do this so that the this I want will happen....
etc.. etc... etc... ha!
But I learned quickly that it
wasn't something I could control...so
it hurt a lot!
I will be honest, for a day or so, I let the victim
mentality be my best friend- feeling sorry for
myself.. grieving a loss that felt undeserved.
God then sent me a wise friend, who after
I told her I was feeling like Daniel in the Bible,
having to go into the Lion's Den, she
responded.." Now Daniel, walk humbly and with God's peace. Let Him do the heavy lifting. God will sort this all out."
I so needed reminded of that!
His peace is such sweet peace, no matter
what you are going through.
All of a sudden,
I changed my perspective
on everything that was happening.
Instead of the victim mentality, I realized
that God was orchestrating new plans for me...
...I just didn't know what they were yet.
I was excited about my future!!
I was no longer stressed over it all.
I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God
was up to something good in my life
and I could trust HIM
and give up that control that
was making me miserable.
And you know what?
Within hours (and I'm not exaggerating),
those new and exciting things
began happening in my life.
And they are happenings
that could only have come, because God put them in action.
"The freedom to actually be on an
adventure with God becomes strangely
possible when you aren't pushing
so hard for the package."
Paula Rinehart
If I had not Released
that victim mentality by
changing my perspective instead to that of
"God was Orchestrating" something new
and wonderful in my life,
then I could have
missed the great plans he was waiting
to set in place for ME!!!
I know this was a long post and also overdue!
Thank you for bearing with me.
I hope it has been an encouragement
to you, especially if you need to
Release something you really don't need.
Maybe, like me, all you need to do
is to change your Perspective!
Hugs,
“I waited patiently for the Lord;He turned to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit,out of the mud and mire;he set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”Psalm 40:1-2
