Where Have I Been ???

Well lets see . . . I've been waiting patiently on God . . . I've been in the truck with hubby running all over the United States . . . I've been not so patiently waiting on God . . . I've been getting our new business up and running . . . I've been waiting on God . . . I've been struggling with a teenager that I love more than life itself . . . I've been wondering if God is listening . . . I've been trying to keep a house clean while it's on the market . . . I've been yelling God are you there . . . I've been trying to hold down the fort when hubby is out of town . . . God??? . . . I've been chasing cows that get out of there fence and its always at night . . . Hello??? . . . That's where I've been.

I've also been looking at this blog (for weeks) and thinking how depressing. I've also realized that I am a complainer and whiner. So, I think some changes need to happen -- in me.

I don't have all the answers. Sometimes, I don't even know the question, but God is faithful. He can move mountains and he answers prayer. The mountains he moves may not be the ones you specified and answers may not be what you had in mind, but he is faithful. Sometimes happily ever after doesn't come in a pretty package and chase away our misery. Sometimes happily ever after comes . . . well after. In the midst of trials God wants us to stop and listen. What he's trying to teach may have nothing to do with the trial. I believe that God is teaching me something powerful about myself. I've been judgmental with other people and I thought I was better than some.

Jesus, never thought he was better. Jesus ate with tax collectors, prostitutes and the poor. He touched them, loved them, fed them. He gave his life for them.

"Keep me near Thee, blessed Jesus, Keep me near Thee lest I stray; With Thy mighty hand uphold me, Lead me gently all the way."