They Call Me Blondie

Ever feel like you missed your cue to exit? Or perhaps You have adventured down such a long road you're not quite sure how or where the last turn you took got you to where you are; and suddenly by the time you look up; you notice you're not where you thought. You allow worry to set in wondering if this was how it was supposed to be; you're most certainly assured it couldn't be. But perhaps you are! It just looks different from this angle; only God knew you'd be here. Right now. For such a time as NOW.  I heard a quote that said "you're in my thoughts at 4am" referring to Ps.121 where it says “He won’t let you stumble, your Guardian God won’t fall asleep. Not on your life! Israel’s Guardian will never doze or sleep.” Psalm‬ ‭121:3-4‬ ‭MSG‬‬ He knows every detail. He knows where he's taking us; even when we don't recognize the path. We can trust his hand to guide us. Being assured He doesn't slumber or go far from us is our comfort. And ...

Let's be real for a minute; there's many times I've been tempted to throw out the idea of being made "for a reason" or having a specific calling just because the journey has gotten almost too hard. I've often times asked God if he really told me things, if the things I've felt called to pursue was from him, or if waiting on Him was really what he wanted me to do!! God knows we play our fair share of thinking in circles and trying to figure out our own way to solve a situation; or make something happen on our own time, right?! But what's funny; is how it never works the way we want it to when it's on our own dime or our own efforts - without His backing that is. • I'm a firm believer in " working like it depends on us then praying like it depends on Him " & feel this is our responsibility to be excellent in everything we do, but then trust that His favor will fall on us in the process too.  In a recent season everything I seemed ...

"Sometimes God takes us into the wilderness not to abandon us - but because he wants to be alone with us." Ann Voskamp ~~~ I found myself occupying time by distracting myself. Picking up a bottle of wine for that party. Last minute shopping & baking those treats now while there was time. All while enjoying music of the season. And yet if I were honest with myself, it was so I wouldn't have another moment of going before Him; without answers, without words to say, and another round of questions that seemed to repeat every other day. Hours passed and I finally sat to spend some time with Him; and was distracted yet again by the social media feeds of what inspired me. Then I came across a word and was wrecked! "Lord forgive me!" Feeling like I was somehow navigating myself through the cold of Narnia, yet stuck in the wilderness wondering. More days than not have been filled with hopeful joy of what's to come, so I can only attribute that to His grac...