When I think of the word OPEN the first thing that I think of is a store or a place of business. My mind wanders to a funny moment of me sitting in my car outside of Michael's waiting for them open. Yes, I am that addicted to my hobby. Haha (more about that in a future post) I am absolutely picturing the lady with her face squished against the glass while she taps on the window saying, "Open, open, open!" Yeah, that's the first place my mind goes when I here our prompt word.
I am telling ya friends, my brain is the epitome of random!
However, once I let myself ponder on it for a few, "open" takes on a deeper meaning for me. It makes me think about how I need to be more open to change. I need to be more accepting and embrace the changes that need to happen in my life and stop fighting them. To pinpoint it even more, I need to be more open to what God has planned for me.
Why does it seem like I have to do everything the hard way? My way? It isn't until I look back that I realize if I had just relinquished control and allowed God to work in my life that I would have saved myself a whole lot of trouble. It's my instinct to immediately go into panic mode and try to "figure out" what to do and how to fix whatever mess has presented itself to me at the moment. I don't want it to be that way. I want to be able to stay calm and trust that God is working on it. Trust that He has a plan and that He is in control.
The last couple months I have felt overwhelmed by the things that have been happening in my life and with my children. I have felt beat down and at some points completely broken. It has been one thing after another consistently for the last two months. I don't even want to answer my phone anymore because I don't want to hear the bad news on the other end! I just want to scream "why God? How do I fix this? How do I make it all go away or get better?"
I can't.
I have tried doing it alone, my way. I really have. Once again, I am failing at doing it alone. I think the lesson in all of this is I CAN NOT DO IT ALONE!
I need to open my heart and my mind and LISTEN to God. I need to pray harder for guidance and wisdom. I need to open my bible and emerse myself in His Word to find the answers I need. To find the peace that I have been seeking. It's there. I just have to receive it.
I know I am not alone. Have you been struggling lately? How have you been handling it? I would love to hear from you.
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It certainly would be much better if we immediately ran into our Father's arms when were were in that season of "what's could possibly happen next?!?!" and then IT happens! Sooo much easier to let go and let God ASAP.......and sooo much easier to say than to do! And yet, the more I do that very thing, the more fascinating it is to watch God work out the details. He does it so much better than I could ever think or imagine. So, Amber, may you be encouraged to actually smile and see what HE has for you next!
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Tammy ~@~
I needed this reminder. Often when I get overwhelmed, I don't take the time that I need to pray and read my Bible.This is such a big mistake for me, because it is like depriving myself of oxygen. It is so silly when I know that God wants me to trust Him, lean on Him, find my rest in Him. Thank you for sharing this. I am stopping by from Five Minute Friday.
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