Abundant Life Coaching from Coast to Coast

One of the best things in this world is being a mom.  I am truly blessed by God to have the joy and sometimes heartache of being a parent.  The awesome responsibility to train up a child with the foundations of my Christian faith and heirs to a Kingdom with wealth far greater than what we can ever imagine or understand.  They are princesses in God's Kingdom.

I woke up this morning with my youngest in bed.  I covet getting a restful nights sleep, otherwise I am a grouch, and no one likes a grouchy mama!  There is no rest with Alexandria being in bed with me.  She sleeps so close that she ends up being apart of me.  When I turn over she rolls right with me and I end up sleeping on the edge.

It's a season of waiting in my life right now.  I don't like being here but know that I need to wait on the Lord.  His timing is perfect and He NEVER messes up!  Unfortunately, when I try and take control and move things faster, I end up messing the whole thing up and making a really BIG mess!!   I know that and am doing my best to wait patiently.  It doesn't mean there aren't  times that I still don't try to do it my way or that I like waiting at all.  After about 30 seconds I start pacing, 40 seconds I start wondering why it's taking God so LONG, about 60 seconds later I am meeting with the Lord to let Him know that He's taking WAY TOO LONG and He'd better hurry up!  Then the thought of, 'if it's going to get done, I'd better do it myself.'    

I know God has my best interest in mind and He knows and is preparing me for what He has in store.  I know that and I believe that.  And God wants me to be as close to Him as my little one.  When God leans in to speak to me, He wants me to lean in too.  When He rolls one way, I am supposed to roll with Him.   He's on the edge of the bed, so to speak, protecting me from a fall/lesson that doesn't have to happen.  If I'm close to Him and wait on Him, there is no way I will go over the edge unless I move Him out of the way.  By reading my Bible daily and taking my time to absorb what I've read and let it steep into my heart, to meditate on it, is how I stay close  to Him and make sure I don't fall.

I know that soon my season of waiting will be over and I will look back and wonder why I thought it was so tough and unbearable at the time.  I know that God is continuing to prepare me for His plans, the people that will be in my life and I in theirs,  those people who fit like a glove and be in harmony with and those that will stretch me to the breaking point.  I am always learning and growing and am thankful that God is with me on my learning curve! 

I know I will be glad I waited on the Lord!

Ecclesiastes 3:1-3

Philippians 4:6