Now, not when
I am feeling a bit listless as I sit in the airport on the way to give another one of my Friday nights to Women of Faith. And maybe bitter.
One of my friends recently wrote an amazing blog about how we should learn to love where we are now – not 5 years from now. I got to tell you, it is really hard to love working too much, very few friends, no boyfriend which means no prospect of marriage any time soon which means everyday I am increasing my risk of having deformed babies according to my sister.
Or is it loving how much my relationship with the Lord has skyrocketed in the last year or the amazing group of girls that I found in my small group at church or loving how supportive and fun my team is at work or loving the idea of the guy that I will end up with next because of how different my standards are now?
It really comes down to attitude. You can choose to wallow the circumstances that you think are awful or wake up to the fact that if God knows everything and works it all to the good of those who love him – than where you are today is no accident. I think I recently realized that I can spend all my time dwelling on the stuff I hate or learn to see the silver lining that God wants me to see.
In case you are not inspired by my words, please be inspired by the Starbucks cup I am drinking from right now.
“You are not an accident. Your parents might not have planned you but God did. He wanted you to be alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your purpose. You were made by God, for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
One of my friends recently wrote an amazing blog about how we should learn to love where we are now – not 5 years from now. I got to tell you, it is really hard to love working too much, very few friends, no boyfriend which means no prospect of marriage any time soon which means everyday I am increasing my risk of having deformed babies according to my sister.
Or is it loving how much my relationship with the Lord has skyrocketed in the last year or the amazing group of girls that I found in my small group at church or loving how supportive and fun my team is at work or loving the idea of the guy that I will end up with next because of how different my standards are now?
It really comes down to attitude. You can choose to wallow the circumstances that you think are awful or wake up to the fact that if God knows everything and works it all to the good of those who love him – than where you are today is no accident. I think I recently realized that I can spend all my time dwelling on the stuff I hate or learn to see the silver lining that God wants me to see.
In case you are not inspired by my words, please be inspired by the Starbucks cup I am drinking from right now.
“You are not an accident. Your parents might not have planned you but God did. He wanted you to be alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your purpose. You were made by God, for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
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