... direction....

... my tiny puppy just tumbled down the stairs...again...is that a sign we should move... really, those steps are far too narrow, I am scared myself when going down...
... lately I have felt drawn to a new work, new place, new people... someone said something encouraging in this re to me today, an "insider"... now, is this a sign???
I have been praying for direction ever since my cute little, content train had been thrown up in the air, violently, without any regard to me liking the safety of my normal, the little train tracks leading me along a well known path.... it was scary at first, very scary, what was this "New Normal" going to look like? All of a sudden everything was possible,  everything could be changed...needed to be changed....  relationship status from married to single, lifestyle taken down a few notches.. friends, all of them married... social activities as couples not happening anymore, okay.. lonely in and now lonely without a relationship, children secure in a family, even though not all was so nice... but at least it was a stable environment... now.... a mother "thrown" by the hurt and abandonment experienced.... you get the picture...
God has opened many doors, new opportunities, exciting stuff... more exciting as the "scared factor" became smaller and smaller..
One thing I learned is that I NEVER want to do anything anymore that I am not sure God has for me... so, the way things are progressing... an answer to prayer? Do I pursue it or wait for it to land in my lap?
I am not sure... I will have to pray about that one.... I know that God has plans for me and my girls to prosper us and not to harm us...I am serving while I am waiting, I am drawing closer and closer... and still... not sure what I should do..so Lord, please, something obvious... like my puppy tumbling down the stairs AGAIN...

.... honor and glory...

.... Praise the Lord, oh my soul, Praise His holy name...
He , who has given us NEW LIFE in Jesus Christ, His son,
He who keeps His promises and loves us with an EVERLASTING love..

drawing near to HIM, my day starts by being filled with new purpose and love,
a renewed conviction, to honor Him and praise Him in all that I do..

because: even though I have not seen Him , I love Him, and even though I do not see Him now, I believe in Him and am filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for I am receiving the goal of my faith, the salvation of my soul.....

and furthermore...even though now, for a LITTLE while I have to suffer grief in all kinds of trials, I know that these have come so that my faith may be proved genuine and result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed...

I love Him with all my soul, heart and mind, and I will strive to honor Him and glorify Him in all that I do...today and every day... by His grace and in His power, a willing vessel of His grace and love..

AMEN