When you feel like the wrong place at the wrong time you actually might be right where God wants you...

On Saturday I had a horrible run.  It rained pretty much the entire time I ran and it was just plain long and depressing.  Then I went to a funeral and felt out of place.  Then a job function and I felt equally inadequate. I got lost several times when I went to the place and almost gave up quite a few times trying to get there.  Also I went to get my phone replaced and after 3 hours I was told no.

Fast forward to Monday and an equally frustrating day with a dead car battery.  But then I thought about all the unrelated situations. The reasons why things did not go my way was not because I was a bad person.  I know that I was supposed to learn some lessons along the way.

Sometimes bad things happen to teach us character.  I know the Lord did not call me to an easy life.  If I don't have his blessings unaware such as people in both places to jump my battery I would still be stuck somewhere. 
If I did not finish the run I would not of known how it was to persevere in tough times.  The funeral, the phone and party I just need to buck up and just let life happen even if there are factors I can't control.

Who knows if I would not have had those situations where would I be.  And sometimes it is not worth sweating the small stuff.

 

Romans 8:28King James Version (KJV)

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

When you feel like the wrong place at the wrong time you actually might be right where God wants you...

On Saturday I had a horrible run.  It rained pretty much the entire time I ran and it was just plain long and depressing.  Then I went to a funeral and felt out of place.  Then a job function and I felt equally inadequate. I got lost several times when I went to the place and almost gave up quite a few times trying to get there.  Also I went to get my phone replaced and after 3 hours I was told no.

Fast forward to Monday and an equally frustrating day with a dead car battery.  But then I thought about all the unrelated situations. The reasons why things did not go my way was not because I was a bad person.  I know that I was supposed to learn some lessons along the way.

Sometimes bad things happen to teach us character.  I know the Lord did not call me to an easy life.  If I don't have his blessings unaware such as people in both places to jump my battery I would still be stuck somewhere. 
If I did not finish the run I would not of known how it was to persevere in tough times.  The funeral, the phone and party I just need to buck up and just let life happen even if there are factors I can't control.

Who knows if I would not have had those situations where would I be.  And sometimes it is not worth sweating the small stuff.

 

Romans 8:28King James Version (KJV)

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Not putting the pause on Menopause

It started a few years ago with my period temporally stopping.  I have to admit it was nice at first because I did not have to wait to swim and the stress of constantly waiting for IT to come.  Then this year in January IT stopped for good.  Part of me was happy because I knew truly things were changing.  But all the changes were not good.  I gained weight more easily, developed a small mustache, needed more stress medication, and felt uneasy with change more than ever before.  My job position will change at least two times in the next two years.  Woo.....

But with the help of Christ I am making strides to cope with the change.  Most of it is not physical but mostly mental and emotional.  I am thinking towards my future planning for my retirement, making adjustments in my social circles taking out toxic relationships and taking the dive more often in life. 

First of all I started the journey to find out what I am supposed to do when I retire with taking to people, visiting places and making plans to further my education in the area of special education.  I am continuing to only allow myself to spend significant time with healthy people and saying yes to life's changes and enjoying the journey along the way. 

I choose to face the scary things such as bifocals, turning 49 in a few weeks, taking life with trying new things, and continuing to find purpose even with an older age.

We do not know the day of our death, the date of Christ's return but we know we need to be faithful.  I choose to do that today.

Mark 12:32

New Living Translation
"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.