~ Thought for the Day ~ Are you headed in the right Direction ?

Do you ever feel like ..your not sure if you are headed in the right direction in life ?

I think we all struggle with this question at times in our life.

When things come to a stand still and there seems to be no answers or direction for what to do where to go ..to even stay right where we are at doing what we are doing.

We become disillusioned with life and wonder what to do ?

I know I have had these very questions ..and yet no calling to move on from where I was at ..and I wondered what to do.... and the only answer God kept giving me was from a book I read about 6 yrs ago ..and something that stuck out to me then "Work While You Wait" ... My question is always wait on what ..and he doesn't even have to answer for me to know what the answer is to that question ..if he wanted me to know NOW he would tell me ..that's the whole point of "Wait" in "Work while you Wait"..

Sometimes in this Fast Food... I deserve it world of ours ..even as Christians we are not immune from joining that train of thought (as being a Christian, that doesn't keep us from falling into wrong behaviours ..it just means we are saved by grace by accepting and believing in him).. we think God should work quick like the world around us ...so we won't be uncomfortable or disheartened or unsure. I have crossed this same road many times in my life ...been at similar stand stills for different reasons and things ..There is one thing I know I have learned one thing that may sound Cliche as you have heard it countless times that Gods Timing is Perfect timing ..And I have found that to hold so very true!

It is amazing how countless times we go through these times in life and yet quickly we forget that God always brings us through in his time ..his perfect time and in his way not necessarily ours.

Today I flipped over my page in the devotional that sits here at my desk ..and this is what I read:

God's will is doing those things we know to be right for each day and doing them the best we possibly can.

I think Abbey just told me something similar to this last night as we were talking ...that if life is at a stand still and your not sure what way to turn or what road to take ..then keep working at what you do and tell God ..I don't know anything else to do right now ..so I shall keep working at what you have given me to do right now ..Until you give me a new direction or make the road I am on more clear. Great Advice ..from a Great Mom !

I wanted to share this with you my Kindred Friends ..as I know we get on our blogs and share our fun finds , our creations, fun family picts, funny jokes, and sweet sentiments ....sometimes we lose sight that behind each blog happy person ...is a real life with real emotions, a heart that feels, and a life that is by no far perfection. We all have our moments and many times we can feel very alone in them ..thinking that everyone else is just purely happy 24/7 ..

Although ..not being sure in life doesn't necessarily make you unhappy ..it does make you human ...so Please know if you are struggling right now with anything in life ..that you are not alone ..Trust God ..although things may not be clear now ..they will be at some point. When God closes a door he opens a window.

If you haven't reached out to God in a long time ..and have tried everything you know possible to change things in your own life and it hasn't worked ..why Not give it all to God ..? He's always reaching out for us ....even when we are not reaching back ..why not reach out your hand to him ..he'll meet you wherever you are at.

For God So Loved the World that he gave his Only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have Eternal Life. John 3:16

May God's Blessings and Favor be upon you today ...and may his face shine upon you my friends ...

Blessings ...Sara

Thought for The Day ! what's the climate of your heart ?

We have this little flip devotional that sits in our main bathroom. Each day someone flips over the new thought/Saying ...Everyday they are thought provoking or refreshing.

Yesterdays Thought was this:

The Weather of your Heart

Determines the Climate of your Day.

I really liked this thought because it is so true.

However your heart may be feeling is really how your day is determined. It's like our heart is the forecaster of our day.

Feeling a few a storm brewing well watch out ..

Light rain showers ..Possibly a little cleaning out of the dirt and dust layer for a refreshing start

Overcast and Gloomy ...look out for those moody blues

drizzly ..just totally confused about how to feel

Partly sunny.... Quiet and somber

Sunshine all day ... feeling like everything is all right and if it isn't it's o.k. !

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Oh I too confess that upon waking up the weather of my heart does determine my day ..some people have said "snap out of it" ..or you know it's up to you to change your mood or how you feel. And I agree How you feel is a choice.

BUT

There are times when the weight of the world can be on ones shoulders or just a sadness can be lurking inside ..and try as you might ..it's really hard to shake the weather of your heart. I think we all do the best we can and that is all that Our Good Lord expects of us.

He tells us that he won't give us more than we can handle ..and he also warns us that things in this life are not perfect and that there will be storms and tribulations that we must pass through. And I think in these times ..we will have days that the weather of our Hearts determins the climate of our day.

Just too as the Sunshine in our life appears ..as it always does along this journey of life ..Our Joy and our Happiness and contentment with life shall abound too and once again determine the climate of our day.

We were made to feel, If we didn't we would be mighty Shallow and Callous People.

Their is an opposite side to the Weather of your Heart and the Climate of your day ......And this is the Key of the Thought and the Lesson here !

Everyone else that you encounter is having weather in their heart and it is determining the Climate of their day. Rather it's good weather or Bad weather they have encountered ..Just as your weather may affect otherss ...so remember this when someone elses weather blows your way !

This Last Sunday Night I went to a Ladys' Function at my sisters Church ..the Lady Speaker was great and she told a story ...of how she and some other church ladies were out to dinner and the waitress was just horrendous ..rude ..unfriendly and plain unkind ...Well one thing led to another and the group of them began to tease about her at the table ...She said upon leaving the manager asked how their service was and they told her not so good ..She let them in on the fact that this waitress's mother had passed away 3 days prior and how she was torn up from it ...and generally she is the best waitress they had.

So you see ...Her weather was and Earthquake that shook her world uncontrollably and left someone that is the epitomy of sunshine ..in a state of a major weather warning.

The Speaker noted ..how terrible the group of women she was with felt ..that they all immediately realized how wrong they had been and how they didn't give thought to why this gal was this way.

I think we are all guilty of this ...and yet when the weather of our own heart is stormy we expect others to understand and treat us with kindness. Really the road of understanding needs to go both ways.

So the next time your weather is dreary ..be sure to remember not everyone will understand ..but try to understand others when their weather is dreary since you know what it feels like.

And the next time you are having a Sunny Day ..share it with whomever you can ..and maybe just maybe your rays of sunlight will touch them with the warmth and Love of Gods ..Hand !!!

Have a Beautiful Sunshiny Day all

your Kindred Friend ...Sara