The word of the day is:
I have a bug. Not bugs as in the wee beasties that almost destroyed my house and caused a major downsizing a few months ago. I think this is either viral or it's an old man bacteria thingie. I'm certain that a visit to the clinic this evening is in order. It's 80 degrees in here and I'm sweating like a piggy.
Be that as it may, it's forcing me to do something I haven't done much of lately: It's forcing me to rest.
Rest is good. I need to rest my poor little mind.
So I'm in this season of reset. I think it started a week or two ago. Maybe it's why there were so many delays in getting my furniture. I'm thinking it was all supposed to come together last week, but I still don't know why.
I do know I'm experiencing something during this period and it's a transformation of the way I think and see the circumstance of my life. It's one circumstance and I don't have the power to fix or change it. I can't defeat what I'm fighting in this particular circumstance. I also can't just claim defeat and walk away, either. I did that. Several times. I got here.
So I find myself in a place that's a great place to be in: I'm right where God wants me, and for the last couple of weeks, He's been working on healing old hurts and changing the way I think. I don't mean changing the way I view things, or changing my mind on issues.
He's actually changing the way I think.
When we got new toolboxes at work a couple of years ago, the tops to them were not protected from things that aircraft mechanics would expose them to. They were very prone to staining from greases an solvents we used. I chose to protect mine by painting it with chalkboard paint. That way, I can use it to leave myself notes if I'm in the middle of a job. I also use it to share a word of the day with my co-workers.
Today's word of the day, had I gone to work, would be: Transformation
Because that's what's happening to my squash. I'm learning to think in Kingdom terms about things. I'm trying to align my thoughts about things to God's way of thinking. Here are two examples from today:
I was asked a question this morning about said circumstance. The answer I gave was a correct one but it had a twinge of complaint to my tone and a resignation that I can't change. And then we started the Bible study and I was reminded of, and convicted by the Holy Spirit that said circumstance is most certainly where the Almighty wants me to be and I ought to be thankful for, instead of complaining about, said circumstance.
It was funny that it was confirmed by a passage of Scripture in a devotion I don't subscribe to that I saw on Facebook which said, in essence, and quite directly, that God cares more about transforming my mind than He does changing my circumstances.
Well, it was to the point. But I see it happening too.
The second thing is kind of personal, but I'm learning that in the process of what He's doing, God is healing old hurts by reminding me of how empty those old hurts are. I know how good I feel when I'm full of the Holy Spirit and nothing can satisfy that hole in my heart that God put there for Him. More and more, I'm just finding myself so thankful and grateful for what I have and the things God lets me do.
It got extended to being thankful for that difficult circumstance. As much as I wish it were different, it's been the one constant for the last five years. No matter what path, I've wound up right back here. And I told God today that I didn't know what to do. He reminded me in fact that I actually did know what to do, which was to trust Him and obey. I get to walk down the path chosen for me.
See: Transformation
Be that as it may, it's forcing me to do something I haven't done much of lately: It's forcing me to rest.
Rest is good. I need to rest my poor little mind.
So I'm in this season of reset. I think it started a week or two ago. Maybe it's why there were so many delays in getting my furniture. I'm thinking it was all supposed to come together last week, but I still don't know why.
I do know I'm experiencing something during this period and it's a transformation of the way I think and see the circumstance of my life. It's one circumstance and I don't have the power to fix or change it. I can't defeat what I'm fighting in this particular circumstance. I also can't just claim defeat and walk away, either. I did that. Several times. I got here.
So I find myself in a place that's a great place to be in: I'm right where God wants me, and for the last couple of weeks, He's been working on healing old hurts and changing the way I think. I don't mean changing the way I view things, or changing my mind on issues.
He's actually changing the way I think.
When we got new toolboxes at work a couple of years ago, the tops to them were not protected from things that aircraft mechanics would expose them to. They were very prone to staining from greases an solvents we used. I chose to protect mine by painting it with chalkboard paint. That way, I can use it to leave myself notes if I'm in the middle of a job. I also use it to share a word of the day with my co-workers.
Today's word of the day, had I gone to work, would be: Transformation
Because that's what's happening to my squash. I'm learning to think in Kingdom terms about things. I'm trying to align my thoughts about things to God's way of thinking. Here are two examples from today:
I was asked a question this morning about said circumstance. The answer I gave was a correct one but it had a twinge of complaint to my tone and a resignation that I can't change. And then we started the Bible study and I was reminded of, and convicted by the Holy Spirit that said circumstance is most certainly where the Almighty wants me to be and I ought to be thankful for, instead of complaining about, said circumstance.
It was funny that it was confirmed by a passage of Scripture in a devotion I don't subscribe to that I saw on Facebook which said, in essence, and quite directly, that God cares more about transforming my mind than He does changing my circumstances.
Well, it was to the point. But I see it happening too.
The second thing is kind of personal, but I'm learning that in the process of what He's doing, God is healing old hurts by reminding me of how empty those old hurts are. I know how good I feel when I'm full of the Holy Spirit and nothing can satisfy that hole in my heart that God put there for Him. More and more, I'm just finding myself so thankful and grateful for what I have and the things God lets me do.
It got extended to being thankful for that difficult circumstance. As much as I wish it were different, it's been the one constant for the last five years. No matter what path, I've wound up right back here. And I told God today that I didn't know what to do. He reminded me in fact that I actually did know what to do, which was to trust Him and obey. I get to walk down the path chosen for me.
See: Transformation
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