Focus

How many times has your focus changed in your life and you have taken your eyes off of Christ? 

Or, are you doubting what you're doing because you are so tired and exhausted that you don't even know what you're doing anymore?

Or, you feel cold and you're just so tired and exhausted that you just can't do what you feel God called you to do?

What do you do in those times of trials? Do you just give up? Or do you push through and keep your eyes focused on Christ? In my times of trials, I know I have done both. Right now, tough decisions are to be made on what I feel God has called me to do and me fighting this feeling of exhaustion and wanting to give up. 

Peter did that. When he saw Jesus walk on the water and asked Jesus for him to do the same, Jesus said to come and he walked on the water to Jesus. But before he got there, he noticed the storm and fear set in. He started to sink. but Jesus pulled him up. He acknowledged the lack of faith that Peter had. 

My battle right now is my commitment to the missions. I love doing this, but for some reason there is a struggle, a battle, right now with me. I have so much other things going on around me. I know that I am being distracted but I am having to take a look at where my heart is right now. 

Our lack of faith shows when we are exhausted and ready to give up, hang in the towel, tap out. But Jesus will give us strength to push through. This trial, this storm, is meant to be there to make us lean on Christ. It will only make us stronger. This is the lesson that we are to learn from our trials. They will come, we will get tired. but to trust in God to be on the other side of the storm waiting for us is our reward. 

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

    before you were born I set you apart" Jeremiah 1:5

So many things we focus on, things that are wrong that take our eyes off of Jesus and we don't see what good is being done. 

#fixyoureyesonjesus

Love to all,

The in-between

 

The best things in life are the in-between. We say, if only I get through this, if I make it through then everything will be good. But when we do that, we are missing out on what is happening in the in-between.

God has put blessings for us in the in-between. If you were so focused on what has happened in your past or what is going to happen in the future, YOU MISS YOUR BLESSING IN THE MOMENT. Romans 8:28 tells us that all things work together for the good.

Some of my moments that I learned to focus on the in-between is:

- Not concentrating on my kids growing up, but enjoying the moments with them, like teaching them how to drive, experiencing their life in college, helping them move and their new careers.

- My cancer struggle, I chose not to concentrate on what was happening and the uncertain future at the time, but take each day and live it to the fullest. Now I don't look back but I have learned to pay attention to the details around me. The beauty in the world, not the ugly.

So don't focus on getting through BUT focus on what is happening in the in-between.  

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28 (NIV) The Living Bible translation words it this way: “And we know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into his plans.”

Love to all,