Hello readers, and welcome to my corner of the world today. I must make a confession before we go any further. I have been struggling with giving it all to God! In the midst of a bad economy and lack of work for my husband and me, it is so easy to loose sight of the fact the WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL! I can not control our lack of work. I can not control the mortgage company wanting money we do not have. I can not even control whether the money will be here to keep us in our home. I can control how I react to these situations.
After I came out of my delusion that we were going to just bounce back and everything would be ok, I had to face the facts that God may be putting this in front of us to see how we react. My husband reminded me the other day through a quote from "The Man Who God Uses" that we should not look at this as a crisis but as a chance for God to show us what we have next! We may loose everything we have.... FOR NOW! What we may not see in the present throws of panic is that the blessings awaiting could be more than we ever imagined.
So after drying my tears and accepting where we are... I had to go to God again and ask for strength. God knew in my heart my stress came form the fact that I was trying to control it. So here we are again... who is in control? As soon as I truly accepted that it was not me, my heart was lighter! These walls that shelter us each day are not what makes us who we are. Those junk drawers full of stuff... well its just stuff. These walls do not make our home... we make our home. Its a hard pill to swallow because, for me, for years and years all i dreamed of was my 1st house. Pretty lawn, flowers, a dog... the whole nine yards. I finally got it 2 years ago. God allowed us to get here and now it may be time to move on. I just do not know.
I am blessed with a happy family that is healthy and TOGETHER!!!! The walls are where we ome to at the end of each day, but we can make a home anywhere. I say all of this to you today because I saw myself failing to trust in God. As my husband said, I was not walking the walk. I fell short as a Christian, as we all do at some point or another.
Today, just take your 5 minutes to e thankful for what you have right now. Tomorrow it could be gone. Even if it was all gone, you will still be the same person. You are a child of God in wait for what He has in store for you. In these times, we all must reevaluate where we place our value! Thanks for listening to my ramblings today. As always, have a blessed day and stay strong in your faith!
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