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Great Expectation
This morning I woke up with a great expectation. It just feels like a new beginning.
Throughout this week, my oldest son was sick and I wasn’t feeling too great, but I thank God for my husband, who kept the house running smoothly. I took sometime, while resting to think and reflect on life and the direction that I’m headed in.
Reflection is something that I do pretty often, but something was different about this time. As I read and reflected, the same encouraging thoughts kept coming to mind. These words were present in the books that I read. Believe it or not, when I went to social media, I found the same message being spoken to my heart again and again.
It was like God wanted me to know and understand something.
With this, a great expectation began to build within me. I realized that there is so much that I am capable of. I have been viewing myself in certain ways that have limited my abilities. I have searched for validation, when all I really needed was a yes from God. I have tried instead of just doing the thing, and all this has led me to a place of frustration.
All of my life, I have been told not to quit. I have heard people say that I should not give up. Yet, I have come to realize time and time again that there are times when we should all give up on a thing.
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
That’s right! There is a time to persevere and a time to call it quits.
When we give up on one thing, we are able to passionately pursue something else. We cannot have all of our attentions divided all of the time. That lack of focus and consistency will lead to incompletion and ineffectiveness.
None of us want that.
Soooo…
When I heard, repeatedly, throughout the past week that the season for one thing had ended and the time for another had begun, I was filled with excitement. A joy began to fill my heart and I felt my strength renewed.
Today, I am walking in the newness of my great expectation.
I want to encourage you to take a look around you. What is the thing that you are doing, that have come to the end of its season? Is it time to move on to something else? Have you been trying to persevere in something that requires you stop trying…think about it.
If you hold on to something that you have to let go of, your efforts are in vain…
I want you to be filled with the same type of expectation that I have been filled with. There maybe something that you keep hearing repeatedly, but you aren’t sure how to apply it. Take sometime to write it down and reflect on it a bit. I am sure that it will begin to make sense to you.
Trust God and know that He is working it out for you.
I hope that you find this helpful. Remember, it is completely fine to call it quits on one thing so that you can focus your attention and efforts on something else.
Seasons change and with that great expectation comes…
Use Your Voice
Over the past few weeks, I have struggled. I have been praying and seeking God about the direction that He wants me to go in.
I have been blessed with talents and abilities. I have been given opportunities and chances to do such wonderful things. Yet it is very important to me that I fulfill my purpose.
A few years ago, I sat down and wrote out my mission statement. However, knowing my mission does not mean that everything will go the way that I think it will go. Over the past few years I have heard God call me to a place where He desires to use me to help others. Now, as I wait in Him to work it all out, I am tested and tried by life.
I have fought battles in my mind. Thoughts that challenge my existence. They challenge my call. They challenge my abilities, talents, and relationships. I have had to listen to the Holy Spirit within me. He says that I am here for a reason; I am called and chosen; My talents, abilities, and relationships are all purposefully blessed.
In this, I find myself thankful. I might not have it all together. Yes, I am walking it out, but there is one thing that I have learned over the past few years.
I have a voice
God has given me a voice. He has blessed me with a strong one too. So, I choose to use my voice for good. I choose to use my voice to encourage you. I use my voice to bring Him glory.
Today, I want to encourage you to do the same thing. If you feel like you have it together, ask yourself if you are using your talents, abilities, and voice to bless others.
If you are like me and you are watching God put it all together, I challenge you to find your voice and use it to bless someone else. Use your struggles and challenges. Allow them to make you strong. Not just strong enough to recover from the battles that you have fought. Let them make you strong enough to strengthen, encourage, and motivate someone else.
I hope you find this helpful.
As you watch God, use your voice…
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Decorating My Franklin Covey Planner
A few weeks ago, I decorated my Franklin Covey classic planner pages.
I currently use the two page per day format in the planner. (There is a video below)
Although I really enjoy decorating these pages, it’s not something that I do each time. However, when I do decorate the pages, I do it a bit differently each time.
When I am decorating the planner, I use stamps and stickers to make it look pretty. I also use sharpies to write on the washi tape that I use.
Doing this makes me want to use my planner more. It is also just plain fun to decorate my planner.
Watch the video to see how I make these pages so beautiful.
Leave your comments below to share what you think…
My New Franklin Covey Planner: Planner Love
If you have been visiting my blog for sometime, you would know that I am a planner gal. I love being organized and utilizing my planner.
Over the past few years, I have used a Franklin Covey planner, but I have often times thought about changing for one reason and one reason alone…it wasn’t always pretty.
I would look online at the other types of planners and while my Franklin Covey was very practical, it lacked style.
I will say that I was getting kinda antsy this year, but I purchased a binder that I found appealing and used it all year long…well, almost all year.
At the beginning of October, Franklin Covey announced their new line of planners. It is called Planner Love.
I was so happy, that I ordered myself one. I had to wait two weeks, but it finally arrived today.
Although I will be doing a full review of it later on, her are my unboxing and my initial thoughts on the planner itself.
Here is my other video with my thoughts on it…
I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you thought…