One Day At a Time Sweet Jesus

One Day/Step at a Time

You do not always have to know when you are going to get to your goal, or how you are going to get to your goal, but you do need to take the next step.

~Peggy McColl

This is an awesome quote. One I need right about now. Sometimes I feel like I am dead in the water. It has been 6 weeks since I got sick.  I know God is in control and He has a purpose in all this but I sure don’t have a clue what or why. I just press forward one day, one step at a time.

I was just looking back on some old blog posts from 2013 and came across this one.  It fit perfect to how I am feeling now.  The post was about the book God Never Blinks by Regina Brett. 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours. The chapter I was reading at the time was You Can Get Through Anything Life Hands You if You Stay Put in the Day You Are in and Don’t Jump Ahead. The author was describing a time when she had cancer and struggled on a daily basis. But she realized that all she had to do was get through the day she was in. The past was done and the future was just that “the future”. She says “The only way through it all was to stop dwelling on what yesterday brought (good or bad) and what tomorrow might bring (good or bad). The only day worth living was the one she was in. Those 24 hours were do-able as long as she didn’t drag the past and future into them.”

She said it took discipline to put on blinders and not look back or forwards. As long as she held to that plan she did ok. As long as she focused on the moment at hand,  life was do-able.

This was just the advice I needed to hear today. I have been discouraged because I am not getting better any quicker. I have been discouraged that it has been 6 weeks and my goals are just sitting there. Most days I haven’t even been able to blog or read anything meaningful. I really want to work on our DSD business and just can’t get it out of neutral. But, the bottom line is all I have to do is worry about today. THIS 24 hours. Tomorrow will come soon and those 24 hours will be do-able too.

                      As my mama used to say “One day at a time, sweet Jesus”.

Until Next Time,

Charyl

Confusion

Confusion

Have you ever felt something was just right and then it was taken away?

How about when you feel like Jesus led you to the perfect place and then it was gone?

Confusion reigns in my heart without answers. I just don't get it. Maybe I never will.

I really felt God led me to my job at the Lighthouse. I loved it there. I loved the people. I loved the job. I was content to stay there for a long time. And then I got sick. Then I got sicker. And sicker.  Ended up in the hospital.

Weeks went by and I felt I needed to resign and let go of the job. I had no idea how long it would be until I was strong enough to go back. Didn't feel it was fair to keep them hanging.

The problem is... My heart is still there but my body can't handle it. I am still to weak and my immune system is toast and couldn't handle all the germs anywhere and especially there.

So why? Why did God give me that perfect job and then take it away. This is something I struggle with on a daily basis.

When I look at the scriptures I see:

Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans that I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”

I know these are both true. I know I can trust Jesus to lead me down the right path. Even if I don't see the reason for it. I know that Jesus sees the whole picture. I only see a sliver of it. He sees how it all fits together and I only see the random pieces of the puzzle that don't make sense.

So, I will wait and pray and see how He guides me. I don't want to push any doors open that He wants closed. I have been known to do that and it doesn't work out so well.

Consequently, I will live in the land of confusion until God gives me the next move I need to make. I will wait patiently (or not so patiently) until I see the path I need to take.  He is faithful and He will do it.

Until Next Time,
Charyl aka Mom8isme