Sometimes I find it so easy to let my “used to be” (you know, the me without God) speak to who I am now. I wallow in my shame, sadness and loss. That’s not the greif that God desires for us or that Jesus made possible for us. Again, that’s the old way and the [...]
The past three years have brought much change in my life, some really good times and some really bad times. Through it all, God has been working on me; sometimes in a focused area and sometimes in many areas at the same time. Often the new that God has brought me came with great struggle and pain on my part. Other times the “new” that has come was not in line with the path God had me on.
As I look back and review the struggle and pain, I think there are many factors that contributed:
Another factor in the pain were externals that were pushing me in areas I just was not ready or able to begin striding in. It has often been difficult for me to think beyond the end of the day much less a year, or five years in some of these areas. Yet, I was continually being asked to commit in these areas and didn’t have the tools necessary to respond.
We’ll spend the rest of the week exploring these factors further.
[note: blog post one for the National Blog Writing Month. Had it in my head Monday was the 1st - oops]
Tags: change, featured, struggles
