I'm baack

This little break has been a wonderful thing, and I wondered if anyone would even notice I was gone. I'm happy to know that some people did. (Thanks, Tristan and Melissa!)

God has been good to me this week and has shown up in the areas I needed Him to. Here's what I have learned, in a nutshell:

1. Closing your laptop and spending more time with Jesus really is a good idea. He can use that time to speak to you through Joyce Meyer, your friends, or interestingly enough, His Word.

2. Taking time to reevaluate some areas of your life is definitely worth it. When you realize that there has been a pattern throughout your life of comparing your self-worth to that of others and you ask Jesus to help you understand what you are doing wrong, He will.

3. Taking some time to focus on your own self is ok. (It’s not ok when you are your only focus and you pretend the other four people in your home don’t exist, because I’ve done that before and it does not produce good results.) But wanting to take better care of your body and of your mind is a good thing. A very good thing.

4. Surrendering your dream, that thing you’ve longed for for so many years, the thing that you just knew God wanted you to do with your life because the desire was so strong, can be a very good thing, too. Letting go of something that you’ve held on too tightly to and placing it at the feet of the cross produces humility and freedom. Those qualities are priceless.

5. Being willing to do your very best in the position you are in, whether you are behind the scenes or in the limelight, is all that God asks for. He can do so much with a willing heart.

The revelations were abundant, but this is the gist of my week:

Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." The Message

Originally posted February 2009 @ Mom in Transition