Be Open


So lately I have had a hard time being open to God. The possibilities He may have that I need and it may be VERY unconventional. I haven’t fallen away and I haven’t done anything wrong it has just been a season of being more focused and not as open to what He may want for my life. I feel like I have been on a journey of walking and going ahead of God at times, and I want to ask for every step to His plan. I am not a person who lives with regret. I don’t hang on to the past in some sort of way dragging all those things into my future. My mom told me along time ago that people and things happen to you, we may not ever know why, but accept them as God’s plan and learn what you need to. I have tried very hard to live that way. I think hanging on to the things from your past, doesn’t always allow your future to be as fresh and new. I know that something we can’t get away from but I do know we can, not allow it to confine us to live with that for the rest of our lives. I want to be open to change, I want to be open to WHATEVER God has for me, and sometimes that means laying your own pride and desires down and just do what is necessary for God’s will to happen. I find it amazing that when we do what He wants, things just seem to work better. I want to be totally and completely open to God and I want to be open to the “out side of the box” thinking that He requires sometimes. I have never been a person who does well inside of the box. Some people do and sometimes that works but for me, my life has been lived out of the box the whole time. That is just the way it works for me and I am ok with that. God created me to think, react, and move out side of that. In this new year and in this new moment, I want to take advantage of ALL that God has for me. I want to mature, I want to change, and I want to pursue a life that is worthy of the calling of God. Just remember that no matter what you face, maybe God wants you to be open to His plan for you. Maybe we don’t have any idea of what that looks like. This is where Faith comes in and this is where we have to KNOW that He sees WAY outside of us and others. I KNOW that God has plans for your life. Are you willing to let him adjust your eyes, so that you can see things His way?

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