WAITING

Who likes to wait?!  Not me!  All our lives we find ourselves waiting.  Waiting to grow up, waiting to meet the right person, waiting to change, while we wait we put our lives on hold and not enjoy today.  We live in the future and we can’t wait for the future because once we get there it’s not what we expect.  I’ve made up my mind to enjoy one day at a time by living in a day tight compartment, enjoying and living just for TODAY!  Facing the day, no matter what with faith and not fear.  I will not borrow from yesterday’s failures, I learned from the mistakes of yesterday and will not bring into this day the regrets of yesterday.

I was asked to speak at my friend’s Mom’s funeral today, I tried to get out of even going to the funeral.  I do all I can to help folks live so go to as few funerals as possible.  She insisted that I participate although I tried to get out of it by telling her that my speech is not as clear as it used to be.  I finally accepted, reassuring myself I would use what I have.  I refused to count the hours when I would have to get up and speak, I waited my time.  The place was new and different, and I used that time to observe as I waited.  I never became anxious. (Anxiety is such an enemy).

I moved forward, being the first woman on program, and did what I came to do.  I was strengthen to comfort others while I was being comforted.  Afterward, the crowd asked my friend, who is she? How do you know her? “You can tell she is so polished and so encouraging.”  Now to that, to God be the glory.  Meanwhile, when the preacher got up to speak he talked about WAITING.  Going to the doctor and they have you sitting in the waiting room hours to only see the doctor for minutes.

That is so true, we could have heart attacks being anxious about our WAITING.  There is something about character building in waiting.  We can make so many major mistakes because we choose not to wait.  We want what we want and we want it now.  As for me, I choose to wait and be of good courage while I wait and be hopeful as I wait. 

Finally, God acts on behalf of those who waits for Him. 

FORGIVENESS

Out and about today my mind wanders about many things. I even now realize why I used to love to read love stories and watch western movies. Know why? Because they always ended up living happy ever after.

Conversely, real life is not that simple, not at all.  Many of us wonder when will our breakthrough come, we need a change and desire a change and sometimes feels It’s GOT to change!

Speaking with a young woman about some challenging experience I had but now I can look back and see that it worked together for my good.  What could have been a bitter pill, even years after, no longer had that negative influence and I could speak about it with peace and no regret.

She stated that she could see nothing of peace about the matter as she did not like the person involved because he never asked her for forgiveness, therefore, she had nothing good to say about it.  I got quiet, and she wanted to know if I could receive her truth. I could, but I was puzzled about the fact that she was holding to something that I had long let go of, and so had the other person, as a matter of fact they were deceased, and she was still carrying this baggage.  Why do we choose to hold to ashes? Let’s trade our ashes for the oil of gladness.  By forgiving others we release ourselves from that other person.  Until we do, we carry that other person with us. Forgiveness is for us, it frees us, not the other person.  They don’t deserve your forgiveness?  Do you deserve the peace that forgiveness brings?  THINK ABOUT IT!

One Last Thing:  GUARD YOUR HEART – PROTECT YOUR HEART – WHAT GOES IN, WILL COME OUT IN SOME FORM.