Waking Up Me!

I never would have guessed that I would be writing about contentment when I am in a season where so much is swirling around me as open ended, but that is where I find myself. It's amazing and so different than how I have been in seasons like this previously. I was sharing with a friend today at the #ifconference2018 that it's like standing in the midst of the storm walking on the water, my eyes are firmly planted on Jesus and seeking Him with each next step, but also knowing and feeling the storm and winds and rain lash all around me. The beauty is that I am not concerned enough by the storm to look away from Him. He is all I need.  I am realizing that all my needs have been fully met and there is nothing I lack. When I stand firmly rooted in Christ Jesus, it brings total peace. In a blog  post  I read earlier this week, the author shared a similar sentiment about looking for a relationship or a person as something that completes us as Jerry Maguire had told his pers...

Waiting. UGH! Totally not one of my strong suits. I am a woman of action. I am a doer. I had a former boss who used to say, "It's not going to happen by itself. You have to make it happen." Now, that is a plan I could get with. One that makes sense to me. One that I LIVE! But there is another voice that tells me to "wait". That the best is coming. That there are some things I won't or can't do on my own. It is something more than I can ask or imagine. And it is worth waiting for. Love. Real love. Perfect love.  It is given freely. Available to all. Waiting. Expectant. Until it becomes irresistible. Until HE becomes irresistible.  He initiates. Pursues. Woos. Captivates the heart. Who would think it possible? In this world? Right where we are? Hoping. Wanting. Needing. Expecting, even. And then, there it is. An answer. A revelation. A heart broken into. Walls broken through. The lies repealed. The Truth revealed. All is as it was supposed to be. I ...

As I drove home Wednesday evening, the church across the street had Jeremiah 33:3 on it's digital board, "I will show you great & mysterious things which you still do not know about." I immediately sent it to two of my girlfriends. It was one of those moments when I knew it was there for me in that moment, and it was a reminder that what He has for us belongs to all who choose to believe. It was an invitation to His revelation. What He plans to reveal, I still don't know, but I choose to wait on the Lord.  A few nights later, I had my boy-bestie over for his birthday dinner. We had some amazing discussions. I am so thankful to have him in my life, but he and I are at such different places in our journey. He thinks I could be "the one" for him and I am sure that all I have ever wanted to be is his friend. I love him, but it is not and has never been in a romantic way. While I can't tell the future, I don't have any frame of reference where I ...