Lets Give Them Something to Talk About

Today, I read the story of Jonah.   It was great to get into the word and read a familiar story, but I just didn’t feel like God was giving me anything in particular that I learned today.   I know, it is selfish of me to want God to teach me something new EVERY day, but I think if we look hard enough, God is everywhere.   So I read the story of Jonah and paused to reflect on it.   Really, my pausing was taping my kitchen to paint it and starting on the trim.   So I was still marinating on what God wanted to teach me as I went to get my kids.   Then I got home and started painting.   For about a year, I have wanted to paint one wall in my kitchen red.   I love red.   It is such a fantastic color.   It is bold, and vibrant and just makes me happy.   So I began, painting trim, rolling, trim, rolling, trim, rolling…   and the cycle continued.   It seemed like it was nearly impossible to get everything covered perfectly...

So a lot of prayer and time has been spent considering a big decision coming up in my life.   We are excited about the prospect and it is something that has been on my heart for YEARS, it just seems like now is the time to put the plan into action.   I am not quite ready to say 100% that I am going to do it, but I am really excited how God opens up doors and can make things happen.   A lot is just clicking and falling into place and family as well as friends and influential people are being beyond supportive, encouraging me and making my pipe dream potentially become a reality.   With all that said, I want to talk about waiting.   God’s timing is really the best timing.   I have really wanted things in the past and felt a strong desire for them, but things didn’t click, they didn’t fall into place.   I wasn’t letting God have control of the thing that I wanted to accomplish and therefore, it ultimately failed.   There have been times that God...