Patiently impatient... I will wait

The title of this blog entry probably seems like a crazy phrase, but the thing is it exactly how I feel. Can you really be patient and impatient at the same time?
Is it possible to be content in your current season while at the same time long for more?

I am waiting on a job, direction to where I am supposed to move and still single.  I view this season as preparation for something bigger than I could ever imagine. Theres a ministry or an job waiting for me and He will reveal it in His timing.

Currently, I am in the middle of a bible study with  IFgathering which is an amazing resource of women desiring for global community. We are studying Acts and boy, does the early church face challenges. The early church is constantly struggling with what means to be a christian (jew, gentile, roman, greek), how to become one (baptism, statement of faith) , what are the standards to be a christian (circumcision)?  They are filled with the Holy Spirit.  At one point in Acts, through  a vision, the spirit says go to Macedonia and the apostles well, they go to Macedonia. They just move where God leads them without hesitation. They are willing to fulfill His purpose no matter what kind of persecution and suffering it entails.

What does it take for someone to do this today? To get uncomfortable? To be gospel driven? To be confident that Gods plan is going to work out despite the hurtles to get there? To praise God after being beaten and imprisioned?

I have been extremely encouraged by Acts and all that the early church faced. They lived out the gospel, shared the good news and stayed in tune with the spirit.  I see that my trials, my waiting season is all temporary and is for a good purpose.

I am willing to go where he leads me.. Are you?


My fellow brothers and sisters,
theres encouragement about His timing although it may seem like forever or you might not understand why He's done what He as done.. His purpose and plan for it all is to draw us closer to him. He wants to remind us that He is enough and we don't need a fancy job, car, or house or an all american dream family all we need is Him.  If He provides for our needs and is sufficient, why would we need to be fixed what we don't have?

Contentment is possible as you patiently impatiently wait.

Feel free to respond and share your story or whatever you are facing. 

CMJ

Social Media and finding a balance

Each day, I wake up I look at the social media to see what everyone has been up to...

Facebook, Instagram, Email, text messages. 

Do you think about how much time we spend looking at what other people are doing?

How much we compare our lives?

Make rash judgements on what we see?

How much we post things to boast and be perceived in a certain way?

I contemplate getting rid of Facebook because so often I see it as a source where people using it for the wrong intentions....broadcasting things are irrelevant, a lack of encouragement, and even hurtful toward others.

I debate about it and then remember how I would lose touch with my many friends around the globe, that I could miss an opportunity to reach out to someone who is hurting, that moment when you share a bit of the gospel, grace, and love to someone who desperately is searching for approval and love.

I have decided to start daily encouragement for everyone. It will not focus on my successes, but focusing in on my failures and what I learn from them.  Our society and culture is thriving on peoples success and their lavish lifestyles. Why not instead focus on life, the reality of it? The hardships we face, the trails and tribulations that seem to never end only to remind everyone theres hope even in the dark tunnel.

Be intentional

Be Bold

Live out the gospel

 Are you allowing social media to be a way to share the things that are vitally important to your life or are you using it to blend in with our culture?

This is the beginning of something new- a season of encouragement

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CMJ