2 things I've been wanting to write about...

It seems like I just don't have time to add to my blog often anymore. It's not that I don't want to and it's not that I'm not thinking about things that I'd like to post, but I just haven't had as much time lately to do so.

First - I've been doing a study using the book "Experiencing God" by Henry Blackaby. If you feel that God leads you to do this, it is an awesome study. It is about thinking about "what is God doing around me and how can I join His work?" instead of "God, I want to do this...will you bless it and help me with it?" It is changing the way that I pray. It is changing the way I look around and experience each day. It is helping me to understand that there is more to what God wants me to experience in life than "me". It is also teaching me to be QUIET and WAIT for God to speak to me through his Word, prayer, the Holy Spirit, and other christians. I am only in chapter 3 but it has really been a blessing to me.

Second - This is related to number 1. I've really been trying to be patient and not worry and not be so anxious about things going on in my life lately. Man, is this
HARD for me. Last night, I was thinking to myself that I could relate to the line in the song "I am tired and so weary but I must go along...'till the Lord comes to call me away." You may not know that song and so it may not make sense to you but fighting our earthly nature is TOUGH. It is making me understand the verse "Take up your cross and follow me." - Mark 8:34. There are a lot of things that I am trying to be patient about...life in general, for one, but there is also one specific thing that I am trying to be patient about at this time and I am attempting for God to show me the way that He wants me to go. I know that He will. It is still difficult for me to be patient, not worry, and not be anxious. The Bible says "do not be anxious in anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7
Say a prayer for me that I will not be anxious and instead rely on God and know that he will guard my heart and mind. Maybe in a little while I will be able to tell you what I am being patient about...