When I stumbled across this pin on Pinterest I stopped in my tracks. Not more than 3 minutes earlier I had been bawling my eyes out over where I am headed next. These weren’t soft sobs, they were the ugly kinda cry. My hubby works from home so I was really praying he couldn’t hear me.
I have been working through things that have hindered my walk with the Lord and my life. I was beginning to wonder if this was it. Am I ever going to fit in? Where am I going career wise? For those of you who stumbled across this post, I design things in knit and crochet. It used to pay pretty well but now bloggers are giving free patterns away faster than any one in publishing can keep up. There in lies the rub. Work is running out.
So, being the closet crier that I am, I poured my heart out to the Lord through my sobs. I have done this so many time before I honestly wasn’t sure He would answer me just yet. If you can’t fit in, how do you find a job? If you really think about it, it’s impossible.
Recently I have decided to take every promise the Lord makes literal. I may have to do something to get that promise given but if God said it, it was real and it could happen.
After I dried my tears and thanked the Lord for listening I felt a prompt to go on Pinterest. It had been a while so I knew the prompt was from the Lord. This photo was the first photo that greeted me. You guessed it, I was in tears again. This time they were tears of hope.
I’m still not sure where I am headed. I also know there is plenty of work that needs done on my heart. But the creator of the universe cared enough to share a photo with me to let me know this journey will be worth the tears.
Sometimes the Lord has to knock down some walls in us to get us to see the treasure he has placed inside our souls. Called to be different appears to be my calling, I just need to grow into it. I am excited to see where the journey leads.
Jeremiah 29:11 Makes it very clear that if you are a child of God he has a plan and a purpose for you. Have you found yours yet? If so, I’d love to hear about it!
Beautiful blessings,
Brenda
Update: I wrote this last year when I had Covid. I have autoimmune issues that made it take twice as long to heal and now have neuropathy in my left foot. It’s healing and I am grateful for the time off.
The Lord has shown me where I’m headed next and I’m so excited!!! Sometimes we just need to slow down and give Him a chance to show us where we are going. As a Christian, the older we get the more we have to look forward too. I can’t wait to share where I am headed next!
Sweet blessings,
Brenda
