The recipe of life....

The future is uncertain....in that uncertainty there is a flavor of mystery, a dash of excitement and a pinch or more of panic. To add some extra spice to this main dish of uncertainty there is a smidgen of faith, trust and a side of questions. We blindly go through our life and we do not know exactly where we are going or why we are going there. We do not know why things happen the way they do and why we can experience utter devastation or extreme joy...we just do but, there is a reason. We can not see it, but, it could be to help us grow in our faith in God or there may be a lesson waiting to be learned. Whatever it is the one thing to keep in mind is this...God has His own reasons and we may not understand them but, the end product should be more then we could ever expect. I am learning that one in my life now God is providing in ways I never imagined whatever happens He is right there stirring and mixing right along side of me. The Chef of my life has more "cooking" experience than I ever will and I need to step back and watch what he is going to teach me. God has the "cookbook" of me all memorized and if I try to add a spice that is not in a recipe He has to fix it and it takes longer to complete. I have found that my helping is more of a hindrance than a help and it messes up the "recipe" and the flavor is off and it may just have to be tossed and restarted. I am not patient I never have been and restarting anything has not been fun, if one of my kids messes with something I am not happy to have to restart, it is a waste of time and energy....with that said why must we insist on "helping" God? I am thinking He is doing a pretty good job we just have to trust He is going to provide and help things along and not interfere with the progress....In the recipe of life God knows the recipe He does not need any help from us and I am thinking life will taste a whole lot better......

That's my thought for the day,

Crazy for Christmas

Searcher of my soul

I was going to write about soul searching and learning from what I have sought but, when I looked up the meaning of soul searching the definition kinda threw me for a loop. Merriam Websters dictionary defines soul searching as: examination of one's conscience especially with regard to motives and values....I was always under the impression that it meant looking into one self and trying to find out who we are, who we wanted to be, to search and find the true us. When I started this blog a little over a year ago I did not know what to expect. I was doing "soul searching" at the time and learning once again to hear God's voice and  trying to rely only on Him. I will say it is a struggle almost like when our kids hit the terrible twos...I'm the toddler God is the parent. I can see God working in my life, His hand has always been there but, I panic when things happen that I have no control over. Instead of just trusting I try to help...we all know what happens when a toddler tries to help. God wants us to seek Him, trust Him, rely on Him, and NOT help Him.

As I start a new chapter (maybe paragraph would be a better way to put it) in my life I see struggles, frustrations, irritation and total discombobulation...God sees me, my family, my life, and how this will end up.
He sees the completion I see nothing....except negative. I don't want to see negative I want to keep my eyes on God and see only Him. I do not want to stress, and cry, and break down, I want to move forward and hold my head up, keep one foot in front of the other...the only way I can do that is, if I stop trying and start relying.....so instead of soul searching to find me, I need to reach out to the searcher of my soul, and lay it at His feet.

Our future is unknown, our past is hindsight but, our present is now. Our now should be only about God and not about me.

That's my thought for the day,

Crazy for Christmas