The Waiting Room...

Have you ever found yourself in a season of waiting?

I am realizing how hard it is to wait and at times how awful I am at it. I find myself stressing and worrying about all these details that I really have no control over but instead I have to trust that God will follow through.

As Americans I think we are generally bad at waiting - everything about our culture screams efficiency & fast! And frankly I like it! BUT how does this help me learn to wait on God and His promises?

When I am waiting in line at the Diary Queen (I pray there's DQ in England), I am pretty patient to wait for my French Silk Blizzard, but even after awhile I start to get a little anxious, irritated, and impatient that it's taking so long. I mean what did they have to go and milk the cow?! (You know we have all said it!)

The same is true as I find myself waiting on God. I am really not waiting on Him but the gift that I am hopefully about to recieve! I don't think it's always bad to be waiting on His good gifts BUT I never want the gift to become what I am desiring over the Giver.

So as I am in that "waiting room" my expectation has started to change. What I am expecting now is Him and He will never disappoint.

AND a great thing to do while you are waiting is to visit your adorable nieces!

Here are some pics from my latest visits:)!

Bella - When she makes that face basically she gets whatever she wants.

I am a sucker for adorable what can I say?

Walking w/ Aunt Mikaela

Eva below - I am sure I was the one making her laugh:)

This little lady never stops!

The Big Guy asking questions...

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

No. No. No. No. No.

Usually when I am obedient in the little "Yes" that God asks of me, I am able to be obedient in the big "Yes" He will ask down the road. The same seems true for "No".

Although every time God asks me to do something it feels like a big Yes or No. Maybe you can relate.

I am only able to differentiate the size when I look back on where God has taken me and realize how much He has and is taking my faith to a new level. Phil 1:6 in action I guess!

This is one of the many reasons I love following God. You never know what small, medium, or big "ask" He will make next.

Which leaves me one question...

What is He asking of you now?!

AND maybe the more important question.

Are you even asking what He's asking of you now?!

It's not often easy to say Yes/No

but it's always worth it

and I think He said something

somewhere about it not being easy...

Realizations...

Proverbs 30:8

⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

I have been praying Proverbs 30:8 over myself these past couple weeks. It seemed appropriate as I am raising support! :) When you pray scripture over yourself, God tends to show you a thing or two - funny how that works! Here's my realizations.

I realized - I already have riches. Living in America I have been blessed with everything I need and then some. Seriously, what comfort do I not have?!

I realized - I am too often being satisified and filled up with my riches and not the daily bread that God provides - this was my biggest realization!

I realized - It's hard to be continually desiring God's bread and not the what the world tells you, you need and will make you happy.

I realized - when your living for Christ, you are going against the grain, no wonder it's hard!

I realized - God's bread is only what will satisfy.

I realized - how much I NEED Him everyday.

I stumbled across this quote and I think it sums up this post quite nicely!

“We need to pray for our daily bread not because we’re worried about where our

next meal might come from, but because we’re not.”

AND

Speaking of "riches" I have this lovely Chevy 2005 Impala for sale?! Any takers?:)!

Food for Thought...

The Bible is dangerous without a relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Yep, think about it.

Seasons...

These two pictures have nothing to do with this post,

other than they are my adorable beautiful nieces who need to be shown off:)!

Eva, above and Bella, below!

On to my post...

Once again I find myself in a season of transition. It was just a year ago when I was taking steps to moving to Iowa City and now I find myself taking what seems like bigger steps in moving to England.

As I have been reflecting on this past year and looking ahead at the one to come, its been fun to see where God has taken me and where He is leading me. Phillipians 1:6 - putting on paper the good work God is doing in me.

The season I am walking away from:

- Learned about & experienced God's LOVE for me more than ever. It became more than just words I say but actually emotions and feelings and truth I believed.

- Prophecy, hearing from God, listening to God (whatever you want to call it). I learned what the Bible had to say about, I practiced it, I watched others practice it, and I grew closer to Jesus through it. I am more than excited to continue strengthening this spiritual muscle.

- Gifts, Abilities, Talents : I am maybe the most confident I have ever been in knowing my gifts and how I function in the Kingdom of God! :)

- Just by nature of a church plant, I spent a lot of time "doing" and building relationships.

The season I am stepping into:

- Adventure : God has told me this, other people have told me this, it's not hard to believe. I just hope I am ready:)

- Rest : I want to know what real rest is, not what our culture calls rest, but how God truly designed us to rest.

- "Being" with God : I am good at "doing", but I know God wants to teach me more about what it means to really abide with Him - that my doing would come from my being.

- FUN & JOY : I have fun, I am joyful, but I am getting a sense that God wants to release me to a new level with this - maybe not take myself so seriously:)!?

What seasons are YOU leaving and entering into?!