As I'm growing in my walk with The Lord there are more and more things I pray about. I'm a very impatient person by nature, I speak without thinking most of the time and you can rest assured that if it is on my mind I'm going to say it. This means I don't always say the kindest words and there are a ton of things I've said that would have been better off had I just not said them.
I pray for patience, kind words and a kind heart a lot. I want God to be able to mold me into the type of woman that I know I should be. I'm striving to be a woman of God.
There are some day where the things I mentioned above are easy and then there are days like today. Days that challenge me and ultimately grow me. I try to look at every day as an opportunity to grow, to practice what I pray for. I bit my tongue a lot today, there are times that I wanted to scream or shake someone, and I simply just bit my tongue. What I learned is that the outcome was the same, better even. If I had spoke harsh words, if I had grown impatient, all of that would have been a reflection of me and who I am as a person.
So as I transition in this part of my life my silence may be viewed as passive or not wanting to take action. I view it as doing the right thing, the thing God wants me to do. He wants us all to speak in love. I'm going to fail at this undoubtedly but I also know that I will still continue to grow even when I fail.
Today was a real struggle for me, but I know that tonight I can rest easy knowing that I didn't open my mouth even though I was given several opportunities to do so. I can rest easy knowing that through my behavior and attitude that maybe someone will see that, maybe it will mean something to someone. After all, your faith, your belief in God, your proclamation of him as your Savior all rests in your outward actions. It is so easy to say that we believe in God and He is The Lord of our lives, but the hard part is living in such a way that others can see that.
I pray that I continue to grow in Gods love.
Even though today was a struggle, there is good in every day and today I'm thankful for:
1) opportunities to grow in my walk with God
2) coming home to two precious babies who are excited when I make it home. Nothing beats a wagging tail and the continuous stream of "meows" greeting me when I walk through the door after a hard day
Monday, July 29, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Greatness
I started reading a book for work this evening, "Great by Choice." I love to read and am always looking for a good book to read, especially one that is going to feed me or teach me something. My boss chooses books and we go through them with our management group in a monthly meeting. I think this is pretty awesome as it gives me a reason to read something outside of whatever book I'm currently reading, plus it's a free book. How can a girl disagree with that?
I've only read the first chapter of this book, but clearly by the title, it insinuates that greatness is a choice; something we choose to be or not to be. The first chapter was only about the study that generated the content for the book, so there was not a lot of meat on how we go about choosing greatness for ourselves.
In the secular, job, career world I think greatness is defined differently than how we define the greatness that God gives us. And often times it is hard to reconcile the two. How do we go about accomplishing the goals of our job and still honor God with our actions and words? How do we interact with our co-workers, how do we interact when we have to make decisions that affect people's lives?
Every morning on my way to work I pray for the day. I pray for the people I work with. I pray for myself and how I know God wants me to handle situations. And everyday I fail. Everyday I know I could have said something differently, spent more time talking to someone, simply asking how someone's day is going. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in the things I need to accomplish in the day that I don't take time to interact with the people I work with.
Because I fail everyday at greatness in my job, do I fail at greatness everyday? I don't think so. I fail everyday but keeping God as the center of my day is about as great as you can get. However, I even fail at that on a daily basis during certain times of the day.
Is this book going to give me all the answers on how to be great at my job? No. I could read 100 books related to being successful and every time I would learn something new. There is only one book to turn to, to learn the keys of ultimate eternal greatness. And I could read the same verse and every time I would learn something new from it. The Bible is a book that keeps teaching us and feeding us no matter how many times we read it.
Over the course of our lives we determine what we allow into our lives and what we choose to follow. Who we choose to follow says more about our greatness as individuals than any other path we choose. Greatness is a life long process and the ultimate judge of that will not be our boss, our co workers, our friends, our family. I choose to live and strive to live in greatness of the One who will ultimately judge my life. If we all do that everything else will fall in place.
Today I'm thankful for
1) game night and prayer time with my CLG
2) my co workers
I've only read the first chapter of this book, but clearly by the title, it insinuates that greatness is a choice; something we choose to be or not to be. The first chapter was only about the study that generated the content for the book, so there was not a lot of meat on how we go about choosing greatness for ourselves.
In the secular, job, career world I think greatness is defined differently than how we define the greatness that God gives us. And often times it is hard to reconcile the two. How do we go about accomplishing the goals of our job and still honor God with our actions and words? How do we interact with our co-workers, how do we interact when we have to make decisions that affect people's lives?
Every morning on my way to work I pray for the day. I pray for the people I work with. I pray for myself and how I know God wants me to handle situations. And everyday I fail. Everyday I know I could have said something differently, spent more time talking to someone, simply asking how someone's day is going. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in the things I need to accomplish in the day that I don't take time to interact with the people I work with.
Because I fail everyday at greatness in my job, do I fail at greatness everyday? I don't think so. I fail everyday but keeping God as the center of my day is about as great as you can get. However, I even fail at that on a daily basis during certain times of the day.
Is this book going to give me all the answers on how to be great at my job? No. I could read 100 books related to being successful and every time I would learn something new. There is only one book to turn to, to learn the keys of ultimate eternal greatness. And I could read the same verse and every time I would learn something new from it. The Bible is a book that keeps teaching us and feeding us no matter how many times we read it.
Over the course of our lives we determine what we allow into our lives and what we choose to follow. Who we choose to follow says more about our greatness as individuals than any other path we choose. Greatness is a life long process and the ultimate judge of that will not be our boss, our co workers, our friends, our family. I choose to live and strive to live in greatness of the One who will ultimately judge my life. If we all do that everything else will fall in place.
Today I'm thankful for
1) game night and prayer time with my CLG
2) my co workers
Monday, July 22, 2013
While I'm Waiting
It's been awhile since I have sat down to write a blog. I've had a busy last few weeks with work and all I want to do when I get home is...nothing..absolutely nothing. I haven't been running, cooking, anything when I get home. I decided that this week would be different. I would do the things I enjoy doing.
I've been so busy that I have let that get in the way of praying diligently for the things I was praying for before. I still prayed several times a day, but not in the way I knew I should. So I also had a talk with myself about getting back to what is really important in life.
I've had several things on my prayer list that I'm praying about for myself. I also have a prayer list full of requests from others, but tonight I'm going to take time to write about myself.
I'm not a patient person, I think I've mentioned this before in my blog. I want everything done and I want it done yesterday. I've never been good with waiting. Over the last month and a half, God has really challenged me to "wait." This hasn't been the easiest task but it is getting easier everyday.
On this list of things I'm praying for for myself, some are easy to wait for answer for while others are not. This morning, I was listening to pandora as I do every morning and this song came on "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller. I first heard this song on the movie Fireproof and thought it was a good song, but never had much application in my life...because I simply am not a "wait" type of gal.
However, as I listened to the words this morning they rang so true to me. Every time today that I thought about something that I should do, take things into my own hands, all those thoughts that impatient people think, I thought of this song. I know that if I wait for God and don't take matters in my own hands it will be so worth it in the end.
So for now, in several aspects of my life, I'm waiting...
I will move ahead, bold and confident
Takeing every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait
Today I'm thankful for:
1) waiting for God so that His will, will be revealed
2) the ability to run.. I love running
I've been so busy that I have let that get in the way of praying diligently for the things I was praying for before. I still prayed several times a day, but not in the way I knew I should. So I also had a talk with myself about getting back to what is really important in life.
I've had several things on my prayer list that I'm praying about for myself. I also have a prayer list full of requests from others, but tonight I'm going to take time to write about myself.
I'm not a patient person, I think I've mentioned this before in my blog. I want everything done and I want it done yesterday. I've never been good with waiting. Over the last month and a half, God has really challenged me to "wait." This hasn't been the easiest task but it is getting easier everyday.
On this list of things I'm praying for for myself, some are easy to wait for answer for while others are not. This morning, I was listening to pandora as I do every morning and this song came on "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller. I first heard this song on the movie Fireproof and thought it was a good song, but never had much application in my life...because I simply am not a "wait" type of gal.
However, as I listened to the words this morning they rang so true to me. Every time today that I thought about something that I should do, take things into my own hands, all those thoughts that impatient people think, I thought of this song. I know that if I wait for God and don't take matters in my own hands it will be so worth it in the end.
So for now, in several aspects of my life, I'm waiting...
I will move ahead, bold and confident
Takeing every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait
Today I'm thankful for:
1) waiting for God so that His will, will be revealed
2) the ability to run.. I love running
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