Whew - the past year has blown by! Can it possibly be that I have not added one post to this blog in almost a year? What could have gotten in the way of my passion for writing? What has gotten in the way of your passion or life's call?
What were you doing last year at this time? Were you getting your house ready for the holidays or were you packing your bags to visit family? Are you still wanting to loose those same unwanted pounds, or working in the same dead-end job? Maybe the next few days is a good time for some good 'ole personal reflection. I realize more and more lately that I act as though I have all of the time in the world. I keep spinning the same thoughts and doing the same things over and over again - only to keep getting the same results. I constantly find myself doing things the way everyone else wants me to do them and slowly, slowly I loose my ability to express myself creatively.
Jesus created me to be unique, not a robot that answers to the beckoning call of others. Yes, we are to serve others, but not at the loss of our own identity.
Right now, I don't know whether I'll be employed by the company I've worked for my entire career - close to 40 years. My job is to be eliminated effective Dec. 13. Will I have a new job with my steady employer? Or, is this a time in life that I'll need to be making some major changes? I'm really not sure. Only God knows the answer.
Today I will not worry, but reflect on who God has created me to be - today, I will be thankful that He knows my future. What will a year from now look like? I'm not sure - I just know that I want to be closer to the center of what and who God created me to be. Today, I will find encouragement in that!
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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